Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A farm owner pleaded guilty and has been fined $18,000 after a worker helping to build a bridge was killed when a concrete block slipped off a tractor and rolled down a ravine.
Blog Post #407 – Tupling Farms Ltd. Fined $90,000 after Worker Killed
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s Newsroom’
Tupling Farms Ltd., a Shelburne potato farm, was fined $90,000 for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a worker was killed.
Blog Post #401 – Scotlynn Investments Inc. Fined $50,000 after Worker Injured
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Scotlynn Investments Inc., the Norfolk County operator of Scotlynn Farms, a ginseng farm and processing plant, was fined $50,000 for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a worker was injured.
Blog Post #381 – Farm Workers Have Right to Bargain
strong>Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine – January 2009
A landmark decision from the Court of Appeal for Ontario gives the province a year to table legislation to allow agricultural workers to bargain collectively.
In its ruling, the three-member panel unanimously declared Ontario’s Agricultural Employees Protection Act (AEPA) “unconstitutional” and “invalid,” ordering the provincial government to “provide agricultural workers with sufficient protections to enable them to exercise their right to bargain collectively.”