Canada: Health & Safety

An HR compliance audit helps employers proactively align their policies and practices with current employment laws while identifying potential gaps before they become costly legal issues.

La notion d’accident survenu « à l’occasion du travail » pour les lésions professionnelles survenues au Québec est indissociable de l’analyse de la frontière entre sphère personnelle et sphère professionnelle. Bien qu’elle soit au cœur de la Loi sur les accidents du travail et les maladies professionnelles (« LATMP »), cette notion n’est pas définie par le législateur, laissant à la jurisprudence le soin d’en tracer les limites.

In Québec, determining whether an accident occurred "in the course of work" necessarily involves analyzing the boundary between a person's personal and professional spheres. Although this concept is central to the Act respecting industrial accidents and occupational diseases (the "Act"), it is not defined under the Act, leaving it to case law to clarify its limits. Three recent decisions from the Administrative Labour Tribunal (the "Tribunal" or "ALT") further illustrate that, in the absence of a statutory

Une décision récemment rendue par le Tribunal des droits de la personne du Québec a retenu l’attention de plusieurs entreprises.

In December 2025, the Québec government enacted substantial amendments to the Labour Code (L.C.), giving itself broader authority to regulate the right to strike when strike action could significantly impact the well-being of the population.

The estimated total cost of work on a construction site is a key factor in determining the extent of the principal contractor's health and safety obligations.

Love is in the air as Valentine's Day approaches, and although employees may be looking for love, office romances are more likely to cause heartburn for employers.

First, several decision-makers have expressed the opinion that, in matters of psychological workplace injuries, it is not necessary to look for an event that is particularly "violent" or "traumatic". A worker who is exposed to an event that is merely "objectively impactful", or to events that are "unique and particular" and that do not arise from purely personal or subjective considerations, may succeed in proving that they were the victim of a work accident.

Effective this fall, Bill 11 will amend the Employment Standards Act to remove the requirement for employees to provide a doctor's note for short-term health-related absences.