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Bill 168:  The Year in Review
Bill 168: The Year in Review

It has now been over a year since Bill 168, the Occupational Health and Safety Amendment Act (Violence and Harassment in the Workplace) came into force.  So far, there have not been any reported prosecutions dealing with workplace violence or ...

Posted: February 3, 2012|Current Print Issue, Legal Update|0 comments

Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and blogs: Managing social media at work
Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and blogs: Managing social
media at work

A recent article in the Globe and Mail described how Canadians spend on average approximately 43.5 hours a month on the Web, which is, almost twice the worldwide average of 23.1 hours. With numbers this high, hospitals have to wonder: ...

Posted: November 2, 2011|Legal Update|0 comments

Class actions against hospitals: Reducing the risk
Class actions against hospitals: Reducing the risk

Class actions would appear poorly suited to conventional medical malpractice litigation as individual issues invariably dominate.  Nevertheless it would be a mistake to believe that hospitals are immune from these proceedings.  Infection claims and claims challenging physician competence are being ...

Posted: October 5, 2011|Health Care Policy, Legal Update|0 comments

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