An arbitrator has ruled that Ontario Power Generation must pay employees working non-time-balanced 10-hour shifts their full 10 hours of pay for statutory holidays, finding the company’s practice of p… …
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PREMIUMBroken-down car no defence for multiple missed shifts, federal court rules in EI misconduct case
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Ontario hospital did not violate safety law in response to doctor’s harassment of worker: Arbitrator
A northern Ontario hospital did not breach the Occupational Health and Safety Act in its handling of a violent workplace harassment incident involving a physician, an arbitrator has ruled, dismissing …
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Educational assistant, sexually assaulted by student in pool, awarded workers’ comp benefits
A Nova Scotia school board has failed in its appeal of a workers’ compensation decision that found a sexual assault committed by a student against an educational assistant was a …
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PREMIUMCaught on camera: Cook’s food theft ends decade-long career at retirement home
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HRTO ordered to hear ambulance driver’s discrimination claim related to ankle injury
An Ontario court has overturned a decision by the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO) that dismissed an ambulance driver’s disability discrimination complaint without a hearing, finding the tribun… Free …
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Interim relief benefits reinstated for injured Alberta worker who missed hearing for driving test
An Alberta worker’s interim relief benefits have been reinstated after the Appeals Commission for Alberta Workers’ Compensation found the Dispute Resolution and Decision Review Body had no authority u… Free …
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WSIB misjudged aircraft painter’s work capacity following foot injury, hip surgery: Tribunal
An Ontario worker who fractured his left foot at an aircraft painting company won full loss-of-earnings benefits for multiple periods after a tribunal found the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board …
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PREMIUMSaskatchewan’s top court scraps food worker’s $500K suit after only three shifts
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