Criminal

Working high without proper training or fall restraints? You can face both criminal liability and significant criminal fines, particularly the employer: Convicted: North West Lumber Co. Ltd. (NWL), operator of a Home Hardware Building Centre at 3299 Errington Avenue in Chelmsford (City of Greater Sudbury). Location: The Home Hardware Building Centre in Chelmsford. Description of Offence: A worker […]

There is no dispute in Ontario that employers are permitted to apply reasonable rules and standards on employees in the workplace. They may discipline and fire employees, if appropriate steps by them are taken and there are proper grounds to do so, at law. Employees who break the rules or engage in serious misconduct in

Background checks of potential employees and volunteers has always been an important recruiting and screening tool for potential employers. Ontario has overhauled its legislation, effective November 1, 2018. Now, the Ontario government has applied uniform, standardized checks available and the information that can be obtained. No more discretionary decisions by the local police service. Everybody

As of December 1, 2015, the new Police Record Checks Reform Act, 2015, (the Act) is passed as law in Ontario. This will affect how employers, for example, conduct criminal background checks for new and existing employees and the information that will be available for these checks. The Act brings into law fairly sweeping and

The Ontario government enacted the Police Record Checks Reform Act on Dec. 1, 2015. This will change the law about obtaining police records checks. This will apply to, for example, employers who request these on hires and organizations who require police records checks for volunteers. The legislation is not yet in force, but will be