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Accidents Survenus « À L’occasion Du Travail » : Enseignements De Trois Décisions Récentes Du Tribunal Administratif Du Travail
La notion d’accident survenu « à l’occasion du travail » pour les lésions professionnelles survenues au Québec est indissociable de l’analyse de la frontière entre sphère personnelle et sphère professionnelle. Bien qu’elle soit au cœur de la Loi sur les accidents du travail et les maladies professionnelles (« LATMP »), cette notion n’est pas définie par le législateur, laissant à la jurisprudence le soin d’en tracer les limites.
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Accidents "In The Course Of Work": Lessons From Three Recent Administrative Labour Tribunal Decisions
In Québec, determining whether an accident occurred "in the course of work" necessarily involves analyzing the boundary between a person's personal and professional spheres. Although this concept is central to the Act respecting industrial accidents and occupational diseases (the "Act"), it is not defined under the Act, leaving it to case law to clarify its limits. Three recent decisions from the Administrative Labour Tribunal (the "Tribunal" or "ALT") further illustrate that, in the absence of a statutory
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Accidents Survenus « À L’occasion Du Travail » : Enseignements De Trois Décisions Récentes Du Tribunal Administratif Du Travail
La notion d’accident survenu « à l’occasion du travail » pour les lésions professionnelles survenues au Québec est indissociable de l’analyse de la frontière entre sphère personnelle et sphère professionnelle. Bien qu’elle soit au cœur de la Loi sur les accidents du travail et les maladies professionnelles (« LATMP »), cette notion n’est pas définie par le législateur, laissant à la jurisprudence le soin d’en tracer les limites.
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Accidents "In The Course Of Work": Lessons From Three Recent Administrative Labour Tribunal Decisions
In Québec, determining whether an accident occurred "in the course of work" necessarily involves analyzing the boundary between a person's personal and professional spheres. Although this concept is central to the Act respecting industrial accidents and occupational diseases (the "Act"), it is not defined under the Act, leaving it to case law to clarify its limits. Three recent decisions from the Administrative Labour Tribunal (the "Tribunal" or "ALT") further illustrate that, in the absence of a statutory
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Driving While Intoxicated At Work: Serious Misconduct Versus The Duty To Accommodate
In a recent decision, the Superior Court (the “Court”) set aside an arbitration award after finding that a transport company (the “Employer”) had lawfully dismissed a commercial freight truck driver for driving while intoxicated and causing a serious accident. In the Court’s view, despite the driver’s disability due to alcohol addiction, her dismissal did not breach the Employer’s duty to provide reasonable accommodation.
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