Right of refusal to work

Client

Major Canadian business that manufactures, repairs and maintains automatic teller machines

Date

June 2003
Successfully represented a major Canadian business that manufactures, repairs and maintains automatic teller machines in a case involving several "right to refuse work" claims, the workers alleging a threat to their safety if not accompanied by an "armed guard" on their work shift. The new operational mode put in place by the company was deemed safe. (A… Canada Ltd and D.S., P.A., R.B. and the Commission de la santé et de la sécurité du travail, C.L.P., Mtre Robert Langlois, Commissioner, June 20, 2003).