Court Narrows Work Safety

The Supreme Court of Canada in a key judgment on workplace safety ruled 7-2 that federally-regulated employers are not obliged to conduct inspections for benefit of employees who work outside a physical building. The ruling came in a seven-year dispute between the Canadian Union of Postal Workers and management: “The employer does not control the workplace.”

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