Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsweek’
Catulli Holdings Inc., operating as Mr. Dryclean & Alteration, has been fined $3,152 for failure to pay money owed to a terminated employee after having been ordered to do so by a Ministry of Labour employment standards officer. The fine is equal to the amount paid to the former employee, who was owed wages, accrued vacation pay and termination pay in lieu of notice.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Swing N Scaff Inc., the Ottawa-based company that supplied the swing stage platform that collapsed on December 24, 2009, resulting in the deaths of four workers and significant injuries to another, has been fined $350,000 in Old City Hall court. A company director, Patrick Deschamps, has been fined $50,000.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
Two unrelated workplace fatalities involving two outdoor workers, both of which occurred on August 9, 2013, have sparked investigations by Alberta Human Services’ occupational health and safety division.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
The 2011 death of a worker and injury to another at a Toronto Transit Commission subway construction site in North York has resulted in a guilty plea and a $400,000 fine. A subsequent, separate safety violation by the same company has resulted in a guilty plea and a $20,000 fine.