Jeremy Warning

Jeremy Warning

Jeremy Warning is a former OHS prosecutor who is now a partner at Mathews Dinsdale & Clark in Toronto. He can be reached at (647) 777-8284 or [email protected], or visit www.mathewsdinsdale.com for more information.

Health and safety year in review 2018

Notable cases include manslaughter conviction, owner charged as employer

Regulatory compliance not enough: Court

Quinton Steel followed regulations but did not satisfy general duty clause

Regulatory compliance not enough: Court

Contractor found guilty of manslaughter for OHS offence

Sylvain Fournier sentenced to 18 months in prison

Contractor found guilty of manslaughter for OHS offence

Administrative monetary penalties expanding

Canada Labour Code amended to allow AMPs up to $250K

Administrative monetary penalties expanding

Health and safety violation results in manslaughter conviction

The accused’s behaviour was a 'marked and substantial departure' from that expected of a reasonable person

Health and safety violation results in manslaughter conviction

Employer fined $70K for failure to comply with workplace violence, harassment requirements

First publicly-reported case of its kind

Reining in general duty clauses

Inaction amounts to criminal negligence

Courts can bankrupt companies for criminal health and safety violations