A worker who witnessed a co-worker’s spouse being sexually assaulted after a company Christmas party has been granted workplace injury benefits for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) by the Workpla… Free …
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FeaturedOccupational Health & Safety
Reprisal application against Metro dismissed due to undue delay, failure to establish safety violations
An employee who filed a reprisal complaint under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) against her employer, Metro Distribution Inc., faces potential dismissal of her application due to undue …
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FeaturedMental HealthOccupational Health & SafetySexual Harassment
Retail worker whose harassment triggered memories of earlier assault awarded workers’ comp in Ontario
A retail worker who experienced workplace harassment in 2017 has been granted entitlement for a recurrence of a 2014 traumatic mental stress injury, along with recognition of permanent impairment and …
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FeaturedMental HealthWrongful Dismissal
WSIAT gives green light to civil claim seeking mental distress damages for manner of termination
A workplace safety tribunal has ruled that an employee’s claims for mental distress damages arising from the manner of her termination are not barred by workers’ compensation legislation, allowing her… …
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Constructive DismissalFeatured
Return to office order was constructive dismissal for marketing director with flexible work arrangement: B.C. court
A marketing director with a long-established flexible work arrangement was constructively dismissed when her employer told her she must return to working in the office full-time, the B.C. Supreme Cour… …
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FeaturedWrongful Dismissal
Restaurant owner ordered to pay chef’s $150K wrongful dismissal award after she failed to make payments
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has ordered payment of a $154,257 wrongful dismissal award to a chef who worked for over 20 years at a Toronto restaurant before being …
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FeaturedOccupational Health & SafetySexual HarassmentUncategorized
Dealership owner’s alleged sexual assaults of assistant not tied to employment: Tribunal
The Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal (WCAT) in British Columbia has ruled that allegations of sexual assault brought by a former personal assistant against her employer, while serious, did not ar… …
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FeaturedWrongful Dismissal
Saskatoon basketball exec awarded 22 months’ notice after Court of Appeal confirms she was employee, not contractor
A Saskatchewan court has dismissed an appeal by a minor sports organization that argued a worker who had been with the organization for 16.5 years was an independent contractor rather …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeatured
Arbitration awards Bruce County paramedics pay bump for stat holidays not worked in Ontario
An interest arbitration board has ordered Bruce County to pay paramedics 12 hours of pay instead of eight hours for statutory holidays not worked, aligning with comparable employers in southwestern …
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