In a medical malpractice case, is the employer required to make all necessary provisions for occupational safety and health of employees?
Nova Scotia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Frayn v. Quinlan, 2008 NSSC 63 (CanLII):
In Severance v. Oliver, [2007] P.E.I.J. No. 4, 2007 PESCAD 2, the employee alleged behaviour which caused her “mental distress” (para. 9). In that case the preamble to the collective agreement referred to “general working conditions.” Article 29 required the employer to ... make all necessary provisions for the occupational safety and health of employees. (para. 22)
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