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Dentons’ occupational safety and health lawyers understand your commitment to workplace safety. We also understand the corporate and personal costs of a workplace accident or fatality. We have the experience to provide employers with rapid, strategic advice in response to an accident, compliance orders, administrative penalties or charges. We provide advice on your rights in a government safety investigation, how to manage risk, and how to conduct an internal investigation. With the stakes high and the time short, it is critical to have an experienced occupational health and safety lawyer on your side.

We also work proactively with our clients to help them comply with safety laws. When we recommend changes to safety policies, we assist in designing and implementing them.

We defend employers and supervisors charged with safety offenses, working toward a result that manages the legal, personal and public relations risks. We also represent employers in significant appeals in workers’ compensation matters.

Dentons’ occupational safety and health lawyers help you achieve your safety goals.

Experience

Major hospital system: Represented a major United States hospital system in a comprehensive Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) workplace violence investigation following a mass shooting event. OSHA issued no citations and required no mandatory abatement measures; accordingly, the hospital paid no penalties and was not required to implement measures that could have cost millions of dollars.
Suncor Energy Inc.: Advising on the implementation of a random alcohol and drug testing program. This case was an appeal by Suncor of the Court of Queen’s Bench decision to grant an injunction preventing Suncor from implementing its random alcohol and drug testing program until a decision was rendered regarding the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union’s (CEP’s) grievance against the reasonableness of the policy.
Syncrude Canada Ltd., Imperial Oil, Nexen, Albian Sands, & Suncor: Acting as counsel in the successful appeal before the Alberta Court of Appeal which upheld the right of employers to test workers in safety-sensitive jobs for alcohol and drugs in Alberta (Human Rights & Citizenship Commission) v. Kellogg Brown and Root (Canada) Company, 2007 ABCA 175.
Transportation company: Secured a dismissal of a complaint filed with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) under the National Transit Systems Security Act (NTSSA), where an employee whose employment was terminated had alleged retaliation for raising safety concerns.

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Employment Echo - April Edition

April 2, 2025

New Zealand: In this edition of the Employment Echo, we consider a new Bill that seeks to repeal diversity and inclusiveness provisions in the Public Service Act 2020. We also discuss an Employment Court case on unlawful preference to non-union members and an Authority determination where an employee was ordered to repay over NZ$800,000 in misappropriated funds to its employer.

Health and Safety reform: overhauling the…sea of road-cones?

April 1, 2025

New Zealand: Throughout last week the Minister of Workplace Relations and Safety, Brooke van Velden, announced a host of health and safety reforms that Cabinet has agreed to progress. At this stage, there remains a lot of uncertainty as to how these proposed changes will be implemented.

Employment Echo - March Edition

March 17, 2025

New Zealand: In this edition of the Employment Echo, we discuss the Government’s promised income threshold for unjustified dismissal claims, a recent Employment Court decision on interim reinstatement and Labour Inspectorate investigations into potential breaches of the minimum employment standards. We also consider a recent Employment Court decision on availability provisions.

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Dentons continues to grow in Edmonton with the addition of high-profile litigator Tari Hiebert

March 11, 2024

Dentons, Canada’s Global Law Firm, announces the expansion of its team in Edmonton with the addition of Tari Hiebert in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution group.

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Employment Echo - April Edition

Health and Safety reform: overhauling the…sea of road-cones?

Employment Echo - March Edition

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