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Positive Test Is Last Straw for Safety-Sensitive Worker with Alcohol Dependency

For years, a plant tried to assist a mill hand

By |2021-01-04T17:16:00-08:00January 4, 2021|Cases & Compliance Alerts, Drugs & Alcohol, Health & Wellness, JURISDICTION, New Brunswick, TOOLS, TOPIC|Comments Off on Positive Test Is Last Straw for Safety-Sensitive Worker with Alcohol Dependency

Employer Fined $60,000 for Worker’s Fatal Fall

A worker lost his life after falling 54 feet from

By |2021-01-04T17:12:00-08:00January 4, 2021|Buildings, Equipment And Vehicles, Cases & Compliance Alerts, Fall Protection, JURISDICTION, Manitoba, TOOLS, TOPIC|Comments Off on Employer Fined $60,000 for Worker’s Fatal Fall

Printing Company Fined $32,500 for Machine Guarding Violation

A worker making adjustments to a corner cutting machine for

By |2021-01-04T17:07:00-08:00January 4, 2021|Buildings, Equipment And Vehicles, Cases & Compliance Alerts, JURISDICTION, Machine Safety, Manitoba, TOOLS, TOPIC|Comments Off on Printing Company Fined $32,500 for Machine Guarding Violation

Employee Called “Honey” By Her Co-Worker Has a Case for Sex Harassment

Whether the hair salon stared at his co-worker's buttocks wasn't

By |2024-01-16T07:40:24-08:00January 4, 2021|British Columbia, Cases & Compliance Alerts, Employee Wellness, Health & Safety, Health & Wellness, JURISDICTION, OHS Program, TOOLS, TOPIC, Workplace Violence|Comments Off on Employee Called “Honey” By Her Co-Worker Has a Case for Sex Harassment

Court Holds Contractor in Contempt for Not Complying with Fall Protection Order

Multiple citations and AMPs weren't enough to get a construction

By |2021-01-04T17:01:00-08:00January 4, 2021|British Columbia, Buildings, Equipment And Vehicles, Cases & Compliance Alerts, Fall Protection, JURISDICTION, TOOLS, TOPIC|Comments Off on Court Holds Contractor in Contempt for Not Complying with Fall Protection Order

Drilling Company Fined $161,000 for Failing to Control Pumping Equipment

Drilling workers performing pressure testing suffered serious injuries when the

By |2021-01-04T16:39:00-08:00January 4, 2021|Alberta, Cases & Compliance Alerts, JURISDICTION, OHS Leadership, Safety Management, TOOLS, TOPIC|Comments Off on Drilling Company Fined $161,000 for Failing to Control Pumping Equipment

Was Worker Fired AFTER Work Refusal Fired BECAUSE OF Work Refusal?

On his second day of work, a plant worker engaged

By |2021-01-04T16:37:00-08:00January 4, 2021|Alberta, Cases & Compliance Alerts, Discipline/Work Refusals/Reprisals, JURISDICTION, OHS Program, TOOLS, TOPIC|Comments Off on Was Worker Fired AFTER Work Refusal Fired BECAUSE OF Work Refusal?

Smoking Pot at Work Twice Is Just Cause to Fire Railway Worker

A railway worker was fired after being caught smoking pot

By |2021-01-04T16:31:00-08:00January 4, 2021|Cases & Compliance Alerts, Drugs & Alcohol, Federal, Health & Wellness, JURISDICTION, TOOLS, TOPIC|Comments Off on Smoking Pot at Work Twice Is Just Cause to Fire Railway Worker

OK to Discipline Worker for Disobeying No-Jewelry Safety Policy

CP set off a firestorm by suspending a 30-year postal

By |2021-01-04T16:31:00-08:00January 4, 2021|Buildings, Equipment And Vehicles, Cases & Compliance Alerts, Federal, JURISDICTION, Materials Handling, TOOLS, TOPIC|Comments Off on OK to Discipline Worker for Disobeying No-Jewelry Safety Policy

Decline of Vaccination Acknowledgement Form

If employees refuse to get a flu or infectious illness

Voluntary Vaccination Policy

Vaccination is the most effective defense against flu viruses. So,

Mandatory Vaccination Policy

Vaccination is the most effective defense against flu viruses. So

The 8 Most Important OHS Compliance Cases of 2020

Key court cases tested the enforceability of COVID-19 emergency orders

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