Two company directors of an Ontario based company have been jailed for 25 days after they pleaded guilty to negligence that led to death of an employee. Although not the first, this sentence clearly indicates a toughening in Canadian justice on the issue of occupational health and safety. In a break with current practice, unions are pushing for criminal law to apply in cases where company bosses do not fulfill their responsibilities and a worker dies as a result.
The results of a Ministry of Labour investigation into the death of an employee in 2013 found two Ontario company directors guilty of not having complied with the Occupational Health and Safety Act, leading to the death of an employee. Both directors were jailed for 25 days and the company was fined C$ 250,000. The worker who had been operating an ‘order picker’ died from a head injury on January 13 2013 following a fall at the New Mex Canada workplace, (an importer and retailer of furniture an
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