Alberta releases further amendments to its occupational health and safety legislation in relation to Bill 30 bit.ly/2JLLomE

Vehicle Owner Not Liable for Accident Caused by Repair Shop Employee During a Test Drive bit.ly/2JOapd3

“Distracted” by cell phones, forklift operators were guilty of OHSA offence bit.ly/2LHlcHV

OHSA charges in fatality case dismissed for delay. Crown did not have “concrete plan” to move case along bit.ly/2Ob9IxH

Court declines to quash “bid ban” imposed by City on paving company for safety and other reasons bit.ly/2ObYFVl

Safety manager wins wrongful dismissal suit: he had not failed to complete assigned tasks, court decides bit.ly/2o9Is78

Female police officers’ class action claiming gender harassment dismissed because arbitrator, not courts, had jurisdiction bit.ly/2BK0QwX

Owner of electrical contractor, who transferred assets due to looming charges, held personally liable for company’s $430,000 regulatory fine bit.ly/2w8epkO

“Communications and conduct” of employer’s lawyer regarding sexual harassment investigation were not privileged, could be referred to in Claim, court decides bit.ly/2y19VMG

Alberta Court of Appeal clarifies what the Crown must prove in a general duty offence bit.ly/2QjThj9

Ninety-day administrative driving suspension for impaired driving was not just cause to fire Assistant Fire Chief bit.ly/2R2rlBv

Prison-time for a contractor for manslaughter: A first in Quebec legal history bit.ly/2xKsaXw

WSIB’s New Rate Framework For Employers bit.ly/2B5dUKW

WSIB fraud requires a wilful act, like tax evasion, appeal court decides bit.ly/2RG6XJk

Alberta bans mandatory high heels in the workplace bit.ly/2CWxlql

Employer ordered to pay fine of $100,000 following a fatal workplace incident at a road building construction site after court accepts joint submission bit.ly/2vq6l0H

Armoured car employee’s work refusal due to Christmas crowds was not justified bit.ly/2FQ2VEt

Harassment arbitration hearing should be open to the public, including the press, arbitrator rules bit.ly/2roDsh6

“Sham” investigation results in $75,000 aggravated damages award against employer bit.ly/2roDsh6

MOL inspector’s compliance orders, claiming that employer’s harassment investigation was not “appropriate”, suspended on appeal bit.ly/2rR2vcy