Law Files

WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY?
By Dean Jobb


NO NEED TO IDENTIFY CAUSE
By Angela Stelmakowich


SOME WORKERS OFF TO COURT
By Donalee Moulton
Financial settlements


THEY LAY PRACTITIONER BLUES
By Paul Barker


TWO STEPS BACK
By Richard Anstruther


DUE TO DILIGENCE MORE THAN STANDARD
By Mary Beth Currie
Does compliance with an industry standards equal due diligence? A ruling out of Ontario has added a new twist.


RIGHTING AN OLD WRONG
By Cheryl A. Edwards and George Parris
It may be the most important legal development in health and safety prosecutions since R. v. Sault Ste. Marie established the defence of due diligence -- and it may have a bigger and more immediate impact.


DISCIPLINE FOR SAFETY INFRACTIONS (OR FACE THE CONSEQUENCES)
Cheryl A. Edwards (Stringer Brisbin Humphrey)
(The due diligence implications of enforcing safety
practices through discipline, Jan/Feb, 2000)


DOOMED IF YOU DON'T
Peter Strahlendorf
(Supervisory due diligence and the law, Jan/Feb, 1998)


DELEGATING SAFETY?
Cheryl A. Edwards (Stringer Brisbin Humphrey)
(The legal requirements for the health and safety of workers
of contractors, July/August, 2000


WHO PAYS FOR PPE?
Jennifer McLaughlin
(The oh&s legislation is far from clear on whose responsiblity it is to
pay for personal protective equipment, July/August, 1999)


EXTREME MEASURES
Robert C. Brun and Laura A. Wright
(Video surveillance, the WCB and the law,  Jan/Feb, 1997


ALCOHOL IN THE WORKPLACE
David P. Church and Sharon D. Matthews
(The legal pitfalls of prividing alcohol at work, July/Aug, 1996)


THE UNSAFE CO-WORKER
David Coté
(Can a worker refuse to work with someone he or she
considers dangerous? June, 1999)


LIABLE FOR THE CONSEQUENCES?
Norman Keith
(Can a safety professional be held liable for bad advice? Aug/Sept, 1998)


LINK TO CANADIAN OH&S LEGISLATION
Government sites with oh&s legislation on-line

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