Recent Posts

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  Regulatory compliance not enough: Court

  November 12, 2018
  Quinton Steel followed regulations but did not satisfy general duty clause

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  Contractor found guilty of manslaughter for OHS offence

  September 24, 2018
  Sylvain Fournier sentenced to 18 months in prison

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  Administrative monetary penalties expanding

  June 25, 2018
  Canada Labour Code amended to allow AMPs up to $250K

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  Health and safety violation results in manslaughter conviction

  May 7, 2018
  The accused’s behaviour was a 'marked and substantial departure' from that expected of a reasonable person

• Employer fined $70K for failure to comply with workplace violence, harassment requirements

  February 22, 2017
  First publicly-reported case of its kind

• Reining in general duty clauses

  March 21, 2016

• Inaction amounts to criminal negligence

  November 18, 2015

• Courts can bankrupt companies for criminal health and safety violations

  September 6, 2013

JEREMY WARNING

Jeremy Warning is a former OHS prosecutor who is now a partner at Mathews Dinsdale & Clark in Toronto. He can be reached at (647) 777-8284 or jwarning@mathewsdinsdale.com, or visit www.mathewsdinsdale.com for more information.

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