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This past June 15, in the matter of Commission de la santé et de la sécurité au travail v. Caron, the Quebec Court of Appeal rendered a precedent-setting decision regarding the obligation of Quebec’s workers’ health and safety commission (the Commission de la santé et de la sécurité du travail, or CSST) and Quebec’s work-related injuries commission (the Commission des lésions professionnelles, or CLP) to examine, in a right-to-return-to-work situation, whether or not the employer has complied with its obligation of reasonable accommodation.

This past May 27, the Quebec Court of Appeal rendered its judgment in the matter of Groupe Pages Jaunes Cie, a decision that is of interest for companies that offer their employees a benefits plan or a pension plan.

A decision rendered by the Quebec Court of Appeal this past June 10 should serve as a caveat for construction project owners and contract managers regarding the management of contract holdbacks: Compagnie d’assurances Jevco v. Québec (Procureure générale), 2015 QCCA 1034.

The passing of Bill 28 this past April 20, within the framework of budget cuts announced by the Quebec government, has already made considerable waves, namely because of its impact on Quebec pharmacists.

This article first appeared in French as a blog-post on the website Conseiller.ca, and has been modified to account for the adjournment of the May 21, 2015 hearing.

Further to an adjournment on May 21, 2015, former lawyer Mitchell Finkelstein and four investment advisors have been summoned to a June 17, 2015 sentencing hearing before the Ontario Securities Commission (the “OSC”).

ollowing a preliminary inquiry last April, a Montreal-area construction contractor was committed for trial on charges of manslaughter and criminal negligence causing death.

Initially he had been charged with criminal negligence only, but on the basis of evidence led at the preliminary inquiry, the manslaughter charge was added.