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Insider Trading in Canada – A Practical Guide (Lexis Nexis)

This book helps readers comply with insider trading laws and broadens their understanding of how insider trading is regulated, when it’s considered legal, when it’s deemed illegal - a must-have for anyone who works in the securities industry, from lawyers to finance professionals to corporate executives.

Book Features:

• Provides a conceptual framework for understanding how insider trading laws work, how they’re enforced, and how to comply with that area of law.
• Refers to relevant securities legislation, and provides guidance on what constitutes illegal insider trading.
• Addresses the prosecution process, defense, punishment, and civil liability for insider trading.
• Includes a section on mitigating the risk of insider trading.
• Discusses the new crime of illegal insider trading and tipping under Criminal Code amendment Bill C-13, and the first prosecution under the new law, that of Stanko Grmovsek.

Corporate Crime and Accountability in Canada – From Prosecutions to Corporate Social Responsibility (Lexis Nexis)

Corporations are increasingly becoming the subject of criminal investigation and prosecution. Reputational damage from prosecutions can be devastating and permanent. Investigations and prosecution can drive down corporation’s stock price, erode public confidence, and result in crippling fines. In an era when corporations are being increasingly scrutinized, business leaders must take immediate steps to protect themselves and their enterprises.

Author Norm Keith has successfully defended more than 1,000 regulatory and criminal charges against corporations across Canada. He studied trends in corporate crime during his master in law degree. Drawing on this experience, he provides a reliable, concise and practical review of corporate crime, regulatory offences, and accountability of corporations under Canadian law.

Halsbury’s® Laws of Canada – Workplace Health and Safety (Lexis Nexis)

Norm Keith and Goldie Bassi

In 2008, over 300,000 workplace accidents in Canada resulted in workers receiving compensation for their injuries, and over a thousand workplace fatalities occurred that year, according to statistics compiled by the Association of Workers’ Compensation Boards of Canada. The health and safety of workers are protected by legislation at either the federal or provincial/territorial level, depending on the sector in which they work. Halsbury’s Workplace Health and Safety examines the wide range of rules and regulations aimed at protecting workers, from handling hazardous substances to preventing harassment in the workplace.

Human Resources Guide to Preventing Workplace Violence, Second Edition (Canada Law Book)

Norm Keith and Goldie Bassi

Includes detailed analysis of Ontario’s new violence prevention law, Bill 168 and a new chapter on Violence Prevention in the Health Care Sector

Get the most up-to-date information, guidance, and direction on Bill 168, An Act to Amend the Occupational Health and Safety Act with respect to violence and harassment in the workplace. Bill 168 has been passed into law and for the first time, every employer in Ontario will have a positive duty to prevent and manage workplace violence and harassment.

Learn the tools to create a comprehensive violence prevention program that systematically manages the problem of workplace violence and harassment, protects your business from legal liability, and safeguards your workers from harm.

This resource fully explains:

• what constitutes workplace violence
• the various governing federal and provincial laws
• updated policies and procedures
• the role of occupational health and safety legislation
• the need for a systematic approach to the problem
• how to develop a violence prevention program
• advice for effectively dealing with the aftermath of a violent incident.

The prevalence of workplace violence in the health care sector is discussed; outlining the risk factors that can lead to violence with recommendations to combat this growing problem.

Workplace Health & Safety Crimes (Lexis Nexis)

Norm Keith

On March 31, 2004, Bill C-45 (the "Westray Bill") became law in Canada. This legislation established new legal duties regarding workplace health and safety, and a new crime of Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) criminal negligence.

With charges laid under the provisions of Bill C-45 in R. v. Fantini and R. v. Transpavé Inc. it is very likely that criminal investigation and prosecution across Canada will increase.

This fully revised second edition features:

• Examination of international initiatives to establish health and safety crimes around the world
• Discussion of the cases of R. v. Fantini and R. v. Transpavé Inc. and their impact on the prosecution of health and safety crimes
• Expanded analysis of the case law considering the mandatory sentencing criteria for organizations
• New strategies to reduce risk of criminal liability

Canadian Emergency Management and Response Manual: A Guide to the Law and Practice (Thomson Carswell)

Norm Keith

This publication is a practical guide to the law of emergency planning, management and response in Canada. Covering each Canadian jurisdiction in detail, this text draws together discussion of the vast and varied array of legislative provisions that apply in different emergency situations, analyses the specific regimes that apply to particular professions (e.g. firefighters, police, emergency medical personnel), and offers general guidelines for institutions and employers on developing an effective and compliant emergency preparedness policy.

Alcohol and Drugs in the Canadian Workplace: An Employer's Guide to the Law, Prevention and Management of Substance Abuse (Lexis Nexis)

Norm Keith and Ailsa Wiggins

This book is a practical guide to alcohol and drug policies, their development, implementation and enforcement. It is an essential resource forCanadian employers and their advisers who are faced with the increasingly complex problem of workplace substance use and abuse.

Alcohol and Drugs in the Canadian Workplacecanvases the relevant health and safety legislation, human rights and labour and employment law that must be considered when formulating defensiblepolicies. With materials dealing with the contentious issue of the disparity in workplace drug/alcohol testing in the US and in Canada and thepotential problems for companies who have cross border operations, this guide is unmatched in the Canadian marketplace.

Features

• Useful tips on last chance agreements for problem employees.
• List of alcohol and drug testing policies of Canadian human rights commissions.
• Analysis of the latest case law.
• Overview of the effects of alcohol and drugs on workers.
• Detailed discussions of the obligations and limitations imposed by human rights legislation.
• Sample alcohol and drug policy.
• Appendix on oral fluid testing technology.

Comprehensive Strategies and Practical Advice

• How to implement legally sound policies for curbing substance abuse in the workplace based on recent case law
• How to create and implement a supportable policy along with a sample already in use in the construction industry in Alberta

A Vital Tool For

• Human resources managers of Canadian companies and human resources managers of US companies that have Canadian operations
• In-house counsel with Canadian companies and in-house counsel with US companies that have Canadian operations
• Unions and union representatives
• Canadian and American lawyers interested in alcohol and drug policies and alcohol and drug testing

Canadian Health and Safety Law - A Comprehensive Guide to Statutes, Policies and Case Law (Canada Law Book - Updated Service)

Norm Keith

This resource provides detailed coverage of occupational health and safety law in every jurisdiction in Canada - provincial, federal and territorial - reviewing health and safety law thematically, with commentary, case law and practical analysis clarifying the law. It also clearly sets out the statutes and regulations required for a solid understanding of your client's obligations, while each court and tribunal decision helps to indicate what must be done to reduce or avoid liability.

Must-know information includes:

• the requirements for workplace joint health and safety committees and health and safety representatives
• the legal defence of due diligence
• statutes, regulations, policy and case law that make up Canadian health and safety law
• the right to refuse unsafe work and the authority of government inspectors in the workplace
• judicial interpretation of the statutes and regulations
• Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS)
• restrictions regarding smoking in the workplace
• alcohol and drugs in the workplace … and much more.

Ontario Health and Safety Law (Canada Law Book - Updated Service)

Norman A. Keith

Includes more than 1,585 cases

Ontario Health and Safety Law helps you to understand and effectively advise on the complex legal issues arising from the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA). Covering how to appeal Ministry Labour orders, new methods of improving workplace health and safety, the latest legislation and more, you'll gain the vital information you need, when you need it, strictly from an Ontario perspective.

Designed to help you stay up to date and on target when it comes to managing health and safety issues, this book provides:

• a summary of convictions under the OHSA
• the Smoke-Free Ontario Act and its impact on Ontario workplaces
• a discussion on health and safety committees, certified members, and procedure for work refusals and work stoppages
• a chart of work refusal cases
• discussion of the Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS)
• a review of prosecutions and fines under the Act
• information on how to successfully appeal Ministry of Labour orders
• updated and expanded analysis of OLRB decisions

A unique digest service provides access to unreported, hard-to-find decisions of adjudicators and courts, so you know exactly what you're up against.

A Practical Guide to Occupational Health and Safety Compliance in Ontario - 3rd Edition (Canada Law Book)

Norman A. Keith and Elizabeth Rankin

Know how to comply with the Occupational Health and Safety Act (O.H.S.A.) and regulations to avoid worker injury, promote safety, and avoid potential costly employer liability or criminal infractions.

Various sections of the Act are discussed, including:

• health and safety representatives and joint Health and Safety Committees
• duties of workplace stakeholders—the definition of each stakeholder is presented and their duties created in law by the O.H.S.A. are summarized
• the Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System
• the right of workers to refuse to do unsafe work
• developing an effective health and safety management system, including training programs and document management
• the authority of government inspectors to inspect workplaces and investigate accidents
• the high fines that are imposed on employers who fail to comply with the O.H.S.A. ...and more!

This third edition includes expanded information on:

• the recent Bill C-45 amendments to the Criminal Code establishing a federal occupational health and safety criminal offence
• a detailed breakdown of toxic substances regulations and the precautions an employer needs to take
• the right to appeal orders and decisions by the Ministry of Labour ...and more.

A Practical Guide to Occupational Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation Compliance in Alberta (Canada Law Book)

Norman A. Keith and Adam Neave

A Practical Guide to Occupational Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation Compliance in Alberta also introduces the workers’ compensation (WC) system and effective management strategies you can employ today in order to avoid escalating WC claims costs. All of the essential information an employer, manager or human resources professional needs to know about complying with Alberta’s OHS and WC laws, is provided in a practical and easy-to-read manner.

This includes:

• OHS legal duties, responsibilities and liabilities of workplace parties
• legal and practical concepts regarding OHS due diligence
• how to create and maintain an effective OHS Management System