Report by – Maria Constantine
In Lagala v. Patene Building Supplies Ltd.,1 the Ontario Superior Court of Justice dismissed a wrongful termination claim commenced by the former Health, Safety and Training Manager of a building supply company whose employment had been terminated for cause. The employee had been dismissed following her failure to report her own workplace accident and injury to her employer for over six months and her non-adherence to workplace safety policies – the very policies that she was responsible for drafting and enforcing.