Tag: Occupational Health And Safety

Why Employers Are Finding It Increasingly Difficult to Comply with Ontario’s Employment Laws

by Doug MacLeod | Nov 8, 2016 | For Employers

Why Employers Are Finding It Increasingly Difficult to Comply with Ontario’s Employment Laws Lawyers as Forest Rangers You can compare employment lawyers to forest rangers. We prevent legal fires when we, for example, draft employment contracts & legally required...

How to Get Away with Drug and Alcohol Testing in the Workplace

by Doug MacLeod | May 5, 2016 | For Employers

How to Get Away with Drug and Alcohol Testing in the Workplace The federal government has announced that there will be marijuana legislation in place by next spring, which should fulfill a campaign promise to legalize marijuana. Marijuana would no longer only be legal...

Common Employment Law Issues

by Doug MacLeod | Feb 23, 2016 | For Employers

Common Employment Law Issues I speak with human resources professionals every day about various employment law issues. This blog deals with five of the most common issues that arise in my practice. Termination Pay In many organizations, labour costs often account for...

Ontario Government Employment Law Enforcement Blitzes

by Doug MacLeod | Oct 20, 2015 | For Employers

Ontario Government Employment Law Enforcement Blitzes Did you know that the Ontario government targets certain industries and types of employment for enforcement blitzes? Occupational Health & Safety Blitz For example, in July and August, 2015, Ministry of Labour...

Some of Ontario’s Mandatory Training Requirements

by Doug MacLeod | Oct 6, 2015 | For Employers

Some of Ontario’s Mandatory Training Requirements In recent years, the Ontario government has imposed several new mandatory training requirements on employers carrying on business in Ontario. As an employment lawyer who advises employers of all sizes I see that...

OHSA Update: The Cost of Firing an Employee for Filing a Complaint with the Ministry of Labour Just Went Up

by Doug MacLeod | Apr 7, 2015 | For Employers

OHSA Update: The Cost of Firing an Employee for Filing a Complaint with the Ministry of Labour Just Went Up Each year in Ontario, over 10,000 workers file a claim with the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) because they’ve been injured on the job to the...

Constructive Dismissal Update: Quitting Because of Intolerable Working Conditions

by Doug MacLeod | Mar 10, 2015 | For Employers

Constructive Dismissal Update: Quitting Because of Intolerable Working Conditions If an employer’s treatment of an employee is so bad that it makes continued employment intolerable, an employee has the right to quit and claim damages for constructive dismissal. Is...

Why Employers Are Finding It Increasingly Difficult to Comply with Ontario’s Employment Laws

How to Get Away with Drug and Alcohol Testing in the Workplace

Common Employment Law Issues

Ontario Government Employment Law Enforcement Blitzes

Some of Ontario’s Mandatory Training Requirements

OHSA Update: The Cost of Firing an Employee for Filing a Complaint with the Ministry of Labour Just Went Up

Constructive Dismissal Update: Quitting Because of Intolerable Working Conditions

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