Sentences with phrase «dangerous workplace»

However, construction workers are not always responsible for dangerous workplace conditions in this industry.

The decision demonstrates the importance of having a well - prepared fitness for duty policy and a proper alcohol and drug testing policy in place in dangerous workplaces, as well as the need to get legal advice before terminating workers for substance use.

The above data is proof that construction sites are one of the most dangerous workplaces in the United States today.

Most masons and bricklayers work on construction sites, which are some of the most dangerous workplaces with some of the highest incidences of workplace injuries.

The more dangerous workplace conditions are, the higher workers» comp premiums will climb.

An injury resulting in a permanent inability to return to work can result from any number of accidents at work including a fall from a building or roof, the collapse of a trench, a motor vehicle accident, a heavy equipment mishap, or any other dangerous workplace exposure.

Although it may seem unusual to treat schools as dangerous workplaces, it is common and accepted practice in Quebec for pregnant teachers to withdraw from the workplace because of the risk of contracting harmful diseases from their students.

Hospitals are especially dangerous workplaces that present a significant risk of slip and falls for healthcare workers

The Alberta Court of Appeal held that such a policy «perceives that persons who use drugs at all are a safety risk in an already dangerous workplace» (at para. 34).

Justice Abella did note that there may be dangerous workplaces where random drug testing may be justified if it is proportionate in view of both legitimate safety concerns and privacy interests.

Oilfields are undeniably dangerous workplaces, and individuals who accept jobs at oilfields should be aware of the numerous occupational hazards they will face on a daily basis.

Further, the Supreme Court noted that safety has never been held to justify random testing even in the case of «highly safety sensitive» or «inherently dangerous workplaces» such as railways and chemical plants or those that pose a risk of explosion in the absence of a «demonstrated problem with alcohol use in that workplace» (CEP at para 45).

Ammonia isn't the only dangerous workplace chemical.

More importantly, it is extremely important that dangerous workplace environments are brought to a company's attention so they may adhere to the Department of Health Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards and to the Virginia Occupational Safety and Health (VOSH) standards.

Basically, correct, If you walk into a store and go into the «employees» only» section, barring some special statute for dangerous workplaces, for example, there is not automatically some enhanced seriousness of the matter, nor would a serendipitously adjacent police officer immediately arrest you.

We've heard stories of 20 hour workdays, dangerous workplaces and, in the words of one lawyer hired to advise a reality shoot, «scary violations.»

The software is used by EHS professionals — doctors, nurses, safety and environmental professionals, and industrial hygienists employed by corporations — to protect workers by analyzing hazards in these dangerous workplaces.

Her pregnancy was not an incapacity that prevented her from performing the work, it was the dangerous workplace, and that in turn triggered her statutory right to substitute that work with a safe task or withdraw.»

We have experience litigating many types personal injury cases, including car accidents, defective products, accidents at sea and abroad, medical malpractice, dangerous workplaces, workers» compensation, negligent security, and accidents on another's property.

Perhaps most importantly, the Court did not state that an employer can never impose random testing in a dangerous workplace.

His practice includes representing people who have been injured or killed as a result of motor vehicle crashes, animal attacks, dangerous workplaces, and hazardous conditions on others» property.

In Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada, Local 30 v Irving Pulp & Paper Ltd., («Irving Pulp & Paper») the Supreme Court ruled that a dangerous workplace was not sufficient grounds to justify a random drug and alcohol testing policy.

In the absence of evidence of an existing workplace alcohol use problem, it concluded that a dangerous workplace was not, on its own, reason to implement such a policy.

In the absence of evidence of an existing workplace alcohol use problem, it concluded that a dangerous workplace was not, on its own, reason...

Random testing in a dangerous workplace may be OK if it represents a proportionate response in light of both legitimate safety concerns and privacy interests.

[19] Moreover, the bulk of the current authority (both case law and arbitration) holds that it is unreasonable to randomly drug test even those employees in safety sensitive positions in a dangerous workplace.

Of course, if you're in a truly toxic or dangerous workplace, you might decide that it's not in your best interest to stick it out.