An Alberta employer has been denied cost relief for workers’ compensation costs after a worker was terminated for workplace safety concerns following a positive drug test for cocaine and cannabis, …
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PREMIUM B.C. chiropractor loses time theft claim against office assistant
A British Columbia chiropractor failed to prove her office assistant overreported hours worked, despite claiming the employee inflated her timesheet by 183.5 hours over several months. The Civil Resolution Tribunal… …
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The Workers’ Compensation Board of Nova Scotia has appointed Mary Anne Campbell as general counsel, effective January 2026. Campbell joins the WCB’s executive leadership team from the Nova Scotia Health …
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Ford Canada worker’s reconsideration request over reprisal compensation rejected by OLRB
The Ontario Labour Relations Board has dismissed a worker’s request to reconsider its decision not to award compensation for lost wages and pension credits following a workplace reprisal at Ford …
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PREMIUM Toyota worker’s harassment claim dismissed after WSIB awarded benefits for same allegations
The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has dismissed a sexual harassment complaint from a Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada worker after finding the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) had already… …
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Alberta board dismisses DFR complaint after carpenter laid off from Glenbow Museum project
The Alberta Labour Relations Board has summarily dismissed a duty of fair representation complaint filed by a carpenter who alleged his union failed to properly investigate his layoff from a …
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Paramedic who called Islam ‘pure evil’ on social media has vexatious litigant designation overturned
The Nova Scotia Court of Appeal has partly allowed an appeal by overturning a designation of a paramedic applicant as a vexatious litigant, while dismissing her challenge to registration requirements …
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Tribunal defers human rights complaint from worker replaced during medical leave for vertigo
The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal has deferred a discrimination complaint filed by a former contract manager against Concord Parking, finding it fair and reasonable to wait for the outcome …
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Ontario board enforces settlement blocking worker’s OHS reprisal application
The Ontario Labour Relations Board dismissed an occupational health and safety reprisal application after finding the worker had signed a valid settlement agreement that released all claims against hi… Free …
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PREMIUM Ontario court orders Edward Jones to answer discovery questions about executive’s cancer diagnosis
An Ontario judge has ordered Edward Jones Investments to answer questions about what company officials knew regarding a senior executive’s cancer diagnosis and when they knew it, in a wrongful… …