Occupational Health & Safety Transactions & Cases

Our Occupational Health & Safety Practice Group has successfully handled a variety of matters, including:

• Defended owners, prime contractors, employers and employees charged with OHS offences in Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan and the NWT

• Commenced a constitutional challenge against a government policy that attempted to ban all lawyers, including the lawyer representing the actual witness being interviewed, from being present during a compelled statement with an OHS officer investigating a serious workplace accident

• Drafted prime contractor agreements for large oil sands expansion and urban development projects

• Represented employers on a section 37 OHSA Disciplinary Action Complaint before the OHS Council

• Represented employers with employees refusing to perform dangerous work

• Commenced an inquiry with the Privacy Commissioner to obtain a copy of a witnesses' own statement given to OHS officers investigating a serious workplace accident

• Provided in-house OHS legal training to large and small corporations from across Alberta and British Columbia

• Assisted large corporations with aligning health and safety procedures for legislative compliance in multiple jurisdictions

• Prepared and revised OHS policies for employers

• Assisted employers in conducting internal OHS investigations