OHS Work Refusals Response & Compliance Game Plan

13 things you must do to minimize work refusals disruption without violating workers’ OHS rights

Defending Your OHS Budget During Times of Recession

Debunking the myth that workplaces are safer during a recession. [...]

By |2022-07-13T20:45:00-07:00July 13, 2022|Articles, Health & Safety, Health & Wellness, Industry Challenges, Leadership & Communications, OHS Leadership, Safety Management, TOOLS, TOPIC|Comments Off on Defending Your OHS Budget During Times of Recession

Not Reprisal to Fire Probationary Worker Who Raised Facemask Concerns

An editor working in a cramped basement asked his manager [...]

By |2024-02-07T12:07:33-08:00December 12, 2021|Cases & Compliance Alerts, Discipline/Work Refusals/Reprisals, JURISDICTION, OHS Program, Québec, TOOLS, TOPIC|Comments Off on Not Reprisal to Fire Probationary Worker Who Raised Facemask Concerns

Court Upholds OHS Officer’s Rejection of Worker’s Confined Space Work Refusal

A millwright claimed she was the victim of reprisals because [...]

By |2024-01-16T06:43:33-08:00November 12, 2021|Alberta, Cases & Compliance Alerts, Discipline/Work Refusals/Reprisals, JURISDICTION, OHS Program, TOOLS, TOPIC|Comments Off on Court Upholds OHS Officer’s Rejection of Worker’s Confined Space Work Refusal

Cranes, Hoists and Lifting Equipment Compliance Game Plan

Five people lost their lives and hundreds of others had [...]

Laid Off Ironworker Loses His OHS Reprisal Case

Frustrated by repeated denials of time off to care for [...]

By |2021-07-08T17:22:00-07:00July 8, 2021|Alberta, Cases & Compliance Alerts, Discipline/Work Refusals/Reprisals, JURISDICTION, OHS Program, TOOLS, TOPIC|Comments Off on Laid Off Ironworker Loses His OHS Reprisal Case

The Most Important OHS Compliance Cases of 2021 (So Far)

Although COVID-19 continues to command the attention of OHS regulators, [...]

Worker Got Fired After, Not Because She Complained of Safety

The Alberta OHS reprisal law is a bit confusing. It [...]

By |2021-05-08T14:44:00-07:00May 8, 2021|Alberta, Cases & Compliance Alerts, Discipline/Work Refusals/Reprisals, JURISDICTION, OHS Program, TOOLS, TOPIC|Comments Off on Worker Got Fired After, Not Because She Complained of Safety

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?
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