By Edward Noble ( March 6, 2024, 1:13 PM EST) -- What happens when a member of an employer’s management team, specifically a health and safety manager responsible for administering and enforcing the employer’s accident reporting policies, fails to follow those policies in respect of their own alleged workplace injury? In Lagala v. Patene Building Supplies Ltd. [2024] O.J. No. 124, 2024 ONSC 253, released on Jan. 11, 2024, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice adjudicated just such a question. In the circumstances, the court held that plaintiff’s misconduct and subsequent dishonesty justified dismissal for cause....