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Workplace Health and Safety examines the wide range of employment and labour law-based rules and regulations aimed at protecting workers, while Youth Justice thoroughly examines all aspects of crimes by children and against children.
WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY Norman A. Keith, B.A., J.D., LL.B.
In 2021, over 274,000 workplace accidents in Canada resulted in workers receiving compensation for their injuries, and over a thousand workplace fatalities occurred that year, according to statistics compiled by the Association of Workers' Compensation Boards of Canada. The health and safety of workers are protected by legislation at either the federal or provincial/territorial level, depending on the sector in which they work. This title examines the wide range of employment and labour law-based rules and regulations aimed at protecting workers, from handling hazardous substances to preventing harassment in the workplace.
Topics covered include:
Duties of workplace stakeholders
Internal responsibility system
Hazardous substances legislation
Emergency response
Workplace violence and harassment
Joint health and safety committees
Right to refuse unsafe work
Administration and enforcement
Offences and penalties
YOUTH JUSTICE Emma Rhodes, B.A.(Hons.), LL.B.
In the criminal justice system, offences committed by children are generally prosecuted under a separate regime, governed by the Youth Criminal Justice Act. There are significant differences regarding the maximum penalties available in youth court, and the identity of an alleged offender is generally subject to a publication ban. There are also special legal considerations when children are the victims of crime, including with respect to evidence given by child witnesses, and compensation for criminal injuries. This title thoroughly examines all aspects of crimes by children and against children.
Norman A. Keith, B.A. (Econ.), J.D., LL.M., is a senior partner at KPMG Law LLP and is a management-side employment, labour and regulatory lawyer.
Mr. Keith's practice in the areas of regulatory compliance, enforcement and white collar and business crimes has resulted in his successful defence of over 1,100 charges under OHS, EPA, regulatory and criminal offences across Canada. He has represented corporate defendants, employers, directors, officers and managers at administrative tribunals, coroner’s inquests, and courts up to and including the Supreme Court of Canada. Mr. Keith has assisted clients in a wide range of industries, including the construction and infrastructure, manufacturing, energy, real estate and development, health care, nuclear, transportation, aviation, mining and mining plants, and various retail sectors.
He is a keynote speaker at national and international conferences on a variety of topics in his area of expertise, including, but not limited to, anti-bribery, corruption and ethical compliance in businesses and boards. He is the author of 12 books and hundreds of trade and peer reviewed journal articles. Lexpert has rated Mr. Keith as the most frequently referred lawyer in Canada for Occupational Health and Safety law matters. He is also recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada as a leader in his fields. He is an International Bar Association committee member for White Collar and Business Crime, an American Bar Association White Collar Crime committee member representing Canada, and a member of the Canadian Bar Association Anti-Corruption committee.
Emma Rhodes, B.A. (Hons.), LL.B., was called to the bar in 2002, and focused her practice on youth criminal justice in 2008. Emma has been involved in a variety of activities to promote education and awareness of youth criminal justice issues, including sitting on numerous panels for Legal Aid Ontario, the Ontario Court of Justice, the Law Society of Upper Canada, the Ministry of the Attorney General and the Ontario Bar Association. In 2014, Emma testified before the Senate of Canada’s Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights about the overrepresentation of visible minority youth in the criminal justice system. Emma has since expanded her practice to assist children and youth caught in family law proceedings. She is a panel lawyer for the Office of the Children’s Lawyer for child protection, custody and access, minor parents, Voluntary Youth Service Agreements, and secure treatment hearings. Emma sits on Legal Aid Ontario’s Criminal Law Advisory Committee. Emma was an Instructor at Osgoode Hall Law School, where she taught Trial Advocacy from 2010 to 2016, and was an adjunct professor at University of Toronto from 2012 to 2014 for a course on Youth Criminal Justice. She is the Criminal Lawyers’ Association’s representative for youth criminal justice issues for all of Ontario. Emma was selected to be part of the Ministry of the Attorney General’s Independent Legal Advice for Sexual Assault Survivors Pilot Program. Emma is co-author of Prosecuting and Defending Youth Criminal Justice Cases (Emond Publishing) and a contributing editor for Wilson on Children and the Law (LexisNexis). She was the recipient of the Toronto Lawyers Association’s Honsberger Award in 2019.
