With constantly evolving employer obligations under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (“OHSA”), including the recent coming into force of new substantive workplace harassment legislation, it is becoming increasingly difficult for companies to keep up with their health and safety obligations.
Practice Area: Workplace Safety & Insurance
Quinte HRPA Chapter 18th Annual HR Employment & Labour Law Conference
The Human Resources field is in constant change. The challenge for all Human Resource Professionals is to keep pace with the emerging knowledge and techniques in order to support the management team with accurate and timely information. Agenda Whirlwind Tour of Key Labour and Employment Law Hot Topics Occupational Health and Safety Charges – Colin…
Ontario Announces New Sexual Violence and Harassment Intervention Training for Bartenders and Servers
On September 8, 2016, significant amendments to Ontario’s Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) outlined in the Sexual Violence and Harassment Action Plan Act (Supporting Survivors and Challenging Sexual Violence and Harassment) came into force…
Reminder: New Employer Workplace Harassment Obligations Now in Force
Effective today, significant reforms to the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) are coming into force which place additional duties on employers with respect to the prevention of workplace harassment. As previously reported, these changes were outlined in Bill 132, Sexual Violence and Harassment Action Plan Act (Supporting Survivors and Challenging Sexual Violence and Harassment), 2016…
Top Listed in Best Lawyers® in Canada
Hicks Morley once again ranked #1 in Canada in the field of Labour and Employment Law in Best Lawyers® in Canada, 2017. Hicks Morley has more listed lawyers in the area of Labour and Employment Law than any other firm in Canada. Hicks Morley lawyers have also been listed in the Employee Benefits Law, the Privacy and Data Security Law and the Workers’ Compensation Law sections…
The Latest Update on WSIB Rate Framework Modernization
As we previously reported the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) proposed a new Rate Framework Modernization (Proposed Framework) in March 2015 which, if adopted, would fundamentally change the way the WSIB classifies Schedule 1 employers and sets their premium rates…
HRPA Grand Valley – September Legal Update
Includes an update on recent court and tribunal decisions and legislative updates in areas that are important to HR Professionals, including health and safety, employment law, labour law, privacy, accommodation, and investigations.
Advises clients regarding workplace investigations relating to, among other things, theft, harassment, discrimination, bullying, abuse, and violence.
Advises clients regarding workplace investigations relating to, among other things, theft, harassment, discrimination, bullying, abuse, and violence.
Regularly provides training on the use of medical marijuana in the workplace, workplace accommodation, workplace investigations, and workplace bullying and harassment.
Regularly provides training on the use of medical marijuana in the workplace, workplace accommodation, workplace investigations, and workplace bullying and harassment.
Reaching Out – Eleventh Edition
In this Issue: The Human Rights Tribunal rules that a man’s goatee is not protected by the Ontario Human Rights Code, WSIB and Mental Stress Claims and more…