On November 10, the country’s highest court issued an interesting decision on employers’ health and safety obligations in R. v. Greater Sudbury (City), 2023 SCC 28. The decision reaffirms that occupational health and safety (OHS) is everyone’s responsibility and that an employer can be held liable for an OHS violation even if it is not the fault of one of its own employees.
This decision is of interest to owners that hire general contractors to manage projects.
