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Worker fired for $180 copper theft entitled to keep disability benefits for chainsaw injury: Tribunal

by HR Law Canada 28 January 2026

written by HR Law Canada 28 January 2026

An Alberta worker terminated for stealing copper pipe worth $180 remains entitled to temporary total disability benefits because the theft did not meet the legal threshold for “egregious conduct,” the...

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