According to this year's enforcement plans,
MOL inspectors will look for occupational health and safety violations involving issues such as working at heights, hazardous materials, machine guarding, conveyors, mobile equipment, violence, ergonomics and falls.
In addition to providing new obligations and duties for employers, Bill 132 grants an additional power to
MOL inspectors.
While this amendment clearly provides
MOL Inspectors with the ability to review past workplace incidents, how such powers of review will actually be exercised remains to be seen.
Employers will then be aware of government expectations and there should be consistency in enforcement by
MOL inspectors.
Since part of the duty on the employer to protect workers from harassment is to ensure that an investigation, appropriate in the circumstances, is conducted, it appears that
an MOL inspector could assess the appropriateness of the investigation and order an employer to re-do all or part of an investigation — even after corrective action has been taken.
Not exact matches
The Jigawa Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense (NSCDC) said it has arrested 19 persons, including a retired police
inspector for allegedly
molesting a 13 - year - old.
The Jigawa Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) said it has arrested 19 persons, including a retired police
inspector for allegedly
molesting...
The headlines do not do justice to the difficult and significant issue dealt with in the award that relates to the
MOL's obligation to disclose information about
inspectors pursuant to the Supreme Court of Canada decision in R. v. McNeil.
The
MOL responded to McNeil by implementing a process by which it routinely initiated CPIC checks on its
inspectors once occupational health and safety matters were set down for trial (and earlier based on a defence request).
This practice came before GSB member Susan Stewart, who declared the
MOL's process for conducting CPIC checks to be a violation of the
inspectors» collective agreement.
For that reason, we do not believe that calling the police will have the effect of assisting the employer in dealing with the
MOL and any determination an
inspector may make about the appropriateness of an investigation.
Regardless of what the
MOL determines about the investigation process, the
inspector's decision (to order a new investigation or not) could be appealed to the Ontario Labour Relations Board («OLRB»), pursuant to section 61 of the OHSA, by an aggrieved party wishing to press their position that the investigation was compliant or non-compliant as the case may be.
62 (1) No person shall hinder, obstruct,
molest or interfere with or attempt to hinder, obstruct,
molest or interfere with an
inspector in the exercise of a power or the performance of a duty under this Act or the regulations or in the execution of a warrant issued under this Act or the Provincial Offences Act with respect to a matter under this Act or the regulations.