Two recent cases out of Newfoundland add additional context to the question of whether and when employees may medicate with medicinal marijuana in the workplace.
On June 18, 2018 the Senate passed a finalized version of Federal Bill C-45, the Cannabis Act (the “Act”). The Act will become law upon receiving royal assent, which is expected to occur this [...]
When the Ontario government passed Bill 127, the Stronger, Healthier Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2017 (“Bill 127”) in May 2017, it introduced significant amendments to the Workplace Safety and [...]
Workplace investigations are key in many areas of human resources law. Employers may conduct workplace investigation because they have a legal obligation to do so, because they have committed to [...]
An Arbitrator recently considered whether an employer’s social media presence could be defined as part of the “workplace” and the attendant employer obligations arising from such a finding in [...]
Since 2001, medicinal marijuana has been legal and highly regulated as a controlled substance in Canada. But recent trends point towards a gradual relaxing of these regulations.