Controversies
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2019
Loblaws fined $80,000 over customer injury
Fine or penalty
Loblaws was fined $80,000 after pleading guilty to violating workplace safety regulations in connection with a customer injured by falling topsoil bags at a London grocery store.
Source excerpt
The company pleaded guilty to violating workplace safety regulations, the Ministry of Labour said in a statement Friday afternoon.
Loblaws has been fined $80,000 after a customer at a London grocery store was struck by a load of topsoil bags that slipped off a forklift.
Loblaws pleaded guilty in provincial offences court on Thursday to a charge of failing to comply with section 25(1)(c) of the Ontario Health and Safety Act, requiring “barriers, warning signs or other safeguards for the protection of all workers in an area where vehicle or pedestrian traffic may endanger the safety of any worker,” according to the ministry.
2017
Bread-price-fixing arrangement
Loblaw Companies Limited and George Weston Limited disclosed participation in an arrangement involving the price of certain packaged bread products. The companies received protection under the Competition Bureau’s immunity program in exchange for cooperation with the investigation. Loblaw later offered eligible consumers a gift card as compensation.