[Mali Singh]

in reply to: Employer Responsibilities under OHSA #109122

The worker does not work remotely, the job entails going to specific sites to conduct testing. There is sometimes admin time that can take place either before or after the testing is done.
Would the presence of any hypothetical admin time before the staff member left the residence to go to “work” affect this? How far do we have to go to find out the timing of this incident taking place? We don’t have that information, as we don’t know who ultimately found her/ when she was taken to the hospital and how long before it the incident had occurred. Given the sensitive time, we are reluctant to inquire these details with the staff members family..

[Mali Singh]

in reply to: Employer Responsibilities under OHSA #109117

We are not covered by WSIB and have no idea on timing of the event at this time? We can see if the staff member logged onto a system or something to determine if it was right before the event or not. If not covered by WSIB, do we still have to report to the ministry?

[Mali Singh]

in reply to: Duty to Investigate? #108601

Thank you for this information. To provide further context, we have not yet spoken individually to the volunteer. Only the part-time employee has done so (which is where the individual back peddled to avoid escalating the issue) the part-time employee suggested us sending a notice to the other organization but doing so would involve assuming the other party was at fault based on observation. When other organizations and employees from our own organization are involved, what does investigation look like? As well, till this is being looked into, would it be unsafe to send a different staff member into the field to conduct any further testing for this particular organization as this could be a potentially unsafe work environment?

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