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Occupational Health and Safety Sector

Our lawyers specializing in occupational health and safety are among the first to have contributed to the development of this field of law and their opinion is in great demand. In fact, our team is called upon to intervene daily with its clients to advise them on the management of their employment injury claims or absenteeism files.

Whether before the Commission de la santé et de la sécurité du travail (CSST), the Commission des lésions professionnelles (CLP), arbitration boards or the courts, our team intervenes effectively and dynamically. It also provides creative solutions within the context of conciliation sessions, in the clients’ best financial interest.

The lawyers working in occupational health and safety law have developed recognized expertise in the following fields :

Employment injuries

• Day-to-day management:
  assistance and support in investigations of claims, opinions regarding expert evaluation or requests for the opinion of the Bureau d'évaluation médicale
• Funding:
  CSST costs, assistance in management of the financial aspects of the CSST file, profile of the company, verification and recovery of the costs charged further to employment injuries
• Alternative methods :
  negotiation, conciliation and mediation of disputes
• Preparation, assistance and representation for hearings :
  CLP and courts

Assignment of costs and financing

• Assistance and support :
  identification of the classification unit, contestation of notices of classification
• Drafting:
  request for cost sharing and transfer of costs
• Preparation, assistance and representation for hearings :
  CLP and courts

Absenteeism

• Day-to-day management :
  assistance and support for short and long-term salary insurance files, opinions relating to the application of the duty of accommodation and administrative dismissals
• Drafting :
  assistance in drafting policies and procedures, expert mandates, disciplinary and administrative measures
• Preparation, assistance and representation for investigations or hearings :
  internal or external investigation, grievance arbitration, Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse, Tribunal des droits de la personne

Prevention of employment injuries

• Day-to-day management :
  assistance and support during visits of CSST inspectors, right of refusal, notices of correction and infractions.
• Protective reassignment of pregnant or breast-feeding workers :
  assistance and support in issuing a certificate of protective reassignment and identification of the reassignment
• Preparation, assistance and representation for investigations and hearings :
  inspector’s investigation, CLP

Publications and communication tools

Our team has offered numerous training sessions and conferences concerning occupational health and safety. With the collaboration of experienced managers, our team also offers training sessions. We regularly publish newsletters on topics of interest.