The Appeals Commission for Alberta Workers’ Compensation has denied a worker’s appeal to increase his compensation rate by including earnings from his concurrent self-employment after he refused to provide documents …
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The Nova Scotia Board of Inquiry has dismissed a human rights complaint against the Halifax-Dartmouth Bridge Commission and Commissionaires Nova Scotia, finding that race was not a factor when officers …
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FeaturedOccupational Health & Safety
Former heavy equipment operator in Yukon, declared a vexatious litigant, loses bid to reopen case
A former heavy equipment operator for the Yukon Department of Highways and Public Works, who was declared a vexatious litigant in a 2018, has lost her bid to have her …
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Contract truck driver in B.C. who sought severance pay was apparently never let go from his job
A former delivery driver for Edgar Campbell Inc. who sought severance pay, even though he was a temporary contract employee and was apparently never actually terminated, has had his claim …
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FeaturedSexual Harassment
Hamilton school board cleared in harassment case involving texts to teacher from vice-principal’s spouse
The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO) has dismissed a case involving allegations of sexual harassment and discrimination within the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board. The case, brought by an occasional …
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Occupational Health & SafetyWorkplace News
OHS charges laid after fatal refinery explosion in Newfoundland
Braya Renewable Fuels (Newfoundland) GP Inc. and Lorneville Mechanical Contractors Ltd. have been charged under Newfoundland and Labrador’s Occupational Health and Safety Act following a fatal explosion and fire at …
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Tribunal dismisses homophobia claim from former pot store worker, cites settlement agreement
The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has dismissed a discrimination claim based on sexual orientation due to a pre-existing settlement agreement the worker signed. C.G., the applicant, alleged that his …
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By Frédéric Dimanche, Toronto Metropolitan University and Irene Huertas-Valdivia, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos It’s summer and that means high season and busy times for the tourism sector. According to the …
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Kelly VanBuskirk is setting up his own law firm — VanBuskirk Law — in Saint John, N.B., on Aug. 1. “Over the past few months, I’ve been working with my …
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FeaturedMental Health
Supervisor’s public threat to worker’s job security cited to justify WCB mental injury award
An office manager whose supervisor bullied and harassed her — including threatening her job security in front of co-workers — is entitled to WCB benefits for psychological injury, the Appeals …