The labour ministry found El Furniture Warehouse had “little to no procedure or training for handling violent situations.”

A downtown London restaurant-bar is facing a five-figure fine after a worker was struck by a customer and hospitalized.

El Furniture Warehouse, located at 645 Richmond St., has been hit with a $55,000 fine following a ruling by Ontario’s Ministry of Labour.

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On Nov. 5, 2023, at about 1 a.m., a floor manager asked a worker who was acting as a host to tell a customer to leave. As the worker spoke to the patron, the person “mimicked striking the worker,” the ministry said.

A second later, the patron’s companion struck the worker and both fell to the floor. When the worker tried to stand, the patron struck them again, the ministry said.

The worker c

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