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OH&S Legal Update: Coroner’s request recommends new restrictions for cellphones at construction projects

A recent coroner’s request has addressed the important issue of the hazard of cellphone use at construction projects in Ontario. We have been involved in numerous workplace investigations and prosecutions where a workplace injury or fatality was linked to the inappropriate or dangerous use of cellphones. This latest case where a coroner’s jury made some very direct recommendations is calling for changes in the law. The Coroner’s Act of Ontario requires there to be a mandatory inquest for all construction industry fatalities. The facts, in brief, involved a roadbuilding project in southern Ontario. As the mobile equipment was reversing at…
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Speaker, “ESOP Legal Update,” Heart of America Chapter Spring Roundtables and Conference

Alan Kandel will present “ESOP Legal Update,” at the Heart of America Chapter Spring Roundtables and Conference on Thursday, March 16, 2023. With the 50th Anniversary of ERISA approaching in 2024, this session will provide a “Legal Update” with a particular focus on the continuing and compelling need for Department of Labor (“DOL”) regulatory guidance regarding the meaning of the term “adequate consideration” which lies at the heart of almost every ESOP transaction. Among other things, we will explore a recent Petition filed by The ESOP Association under the Administrative Procedure Act calling for Notice and Comment Rulemaking by DOL…