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Angry Confrontation Of Employee By A Manager Could Be Safety Issue: OLRB

by Adrian Miedema | Dentons on 5/7/2013

In what appears to be a departure from a growing line of cases, the Ontario Labour Relations Board has permitted an employee to advance her claim that the employer violated the Occupational Health and Safety Act when it fired...more

Bad-Faith Work Refusal Complaint To MOL Justified Discipline – Reinstatement Denied

by Adrian Miedema | Dentons on 4/30/2013

The work refusal provisions of the Occupational Health and Safety Act should not be abused, an arbitrator has effectively held in overturning an employee’s dismissal but refusing reinstatement....more

Safety Violations Get 37-Year Employee Fired For Cause

by Adrian Miedema | Dentons on 4/15/2013

We don’t often hear of 37-year employees being fired for just cause. An arbitrator has recently upheld the dismissal of a long-service unionized employee for safety violations....more

HR Professionals: The Key To Smooth Corporate Acquisitions

by Catherine P. Coulter | Dentons on 1/11/2013

Although human resources professionals are not always recognized for their efforts during a corporate acquisition, the work which they do behind the scenes can often make the difference between an acquisition succeeding or...more

Doing Business in Canada: Employment & Labour

by Bennett Jones LLP on 10/18/2012

The relationship between an employer and an employee in Canada is heavily regulated. All jurisdictions in Canada – both federal and provincial - have enacted legislation (statutes and regulations) governing various aspects of...more

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Angry Confrontation Of Employee By A Manager Could Be Safety Issue: OLRB

Bad-Faith Work Refusal Complaint To MOL Justified Discipline – Reinstatement Denied

Safety Violations Get 37-Year Employee Fired For Cause

HR Professionals: The Key To Smooth Corporate Acquisitions

Doing Business in Canada: Employment & Labour

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