A temporary foreign worker employed by the Hungarian Consulate in Toronto has been denied Ontario health insurance coverage after a provincial tribunal found that her employer did not qualify as …
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FeaturedOccupational Health & Safety
New Brunswick worker’s hearing loss claim denied after 12-year delay in filing
A New Brunswick appeals tribunal has denied a workers’ compensation claim for occupational hearing loss after finding the worker filed his application nearly 12 years past the statutory deadline, with… …
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FeaturedOccupational Health & Safety
Teacher who complained about air quality loses reprisal claim over classroom reassignment
A Nova Scotia teacher who was moved to a different classroom after raising air quality concerns has lost her reprisal complaint, with the Court of Appeal upholding a Labour Board …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeatured
OPG ordered to pay 10 hours of statutory holiday pay to shift workers on 10-hour schedules
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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PREMIUM Broken-down car no defence for multiple missed shifts, federal court rules in EI misconduct case
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An Ontario court ruling has restored a key protection for workers who file discrimination complaints — and employers and HR professionals should take note of what it means for the …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeaturedOccupational Health & SafetyWorkplace Violence
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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FeaturedSexual HarassmentWorkplace Violence
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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PREMIUM Caught on camera: Cook’s food theft ends decade-long career at retirement home
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FeaturedOccupational Health & Safety
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 …

