A British Columbia emergency physician has been found liable for failing to contact a patient about a radiologist’s report that flagged a potentially concerning nodule on a chest X-ray, leading… …
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The Public Service Alliance of Canada has lost its bid to force the federal government to turn over additional documents in its legal challenge of new hybrid work rules that …
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FeaturedOccupational Health & Safety
Excavation company wins appeal over crane safety violation in Nova Scotia
An excavation contractor successfully overturned a compliance order and administrative penalty after Nova Scotia’s Labour Board found insufficient evidence that digging near a tower crane created safe… Free Membership Required …
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Nova Scotia court dismisses insurer’s appeal over $365,000 settlement allocation for injured worker
The Nova Scotia Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by disability plan trustees who challenged how settlement funds were divided between an injured employee and their long-term disability insurer…. …
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Alberta man avoids prison time over workers’ comp fine in case highlighting enforcement disparities
A man who faced 250 days in jail for failing to pay a $30,000 fine under Alberta’s Workers Compensation Act has been granted a payment extension after an Alberta Court …
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Subscriber ContentWorkplace Violence
PREMIUM Worker loses malicious prosecution appeal after creating fake news story about workplace shooting
A British Columbia worker who created and distributed a fake newspaper article describing herself shooting and killing two former co-workers has lost her appeal of a court decision dismissing her… …
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Legal CostsSubscriber Content
PREMIUM Fight with law firm over legal fees for wrongful dismissal, WSIB cases heads to arbitration
An Ontario court has ordered a former client to resolve her fee dispute with her employment law firm through arbitration rather than court assessment, rejecting arguments that the arbitration clause… …
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FeaturedLegal Costs
Court dismisses class action against temp agency, upholds $330K cost award against plaintiff
The Ontario Divisional Court has dismissed an appeal seeking to certify a class action against a temporary help agency over alleged worker misclassification and upheld a substantial cost award of …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeatured
Union properly settled worker’s grievances stemming from cannabis vape pen discovery
An Alberta labour relations board has dismissed a duty of fair representation complaint from a former Sherritt International employee who argued his union breached its obligations when it settled his …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsOccupational Health & SafetySubscriber Content
PREMIUM Railway worker, fired after three runaway train cars rolled into neighbouring worksite, reinstated
An arbitrator in Alberta has reinstated a railway operator who was terminated after three empty railcars rolled uncontrolled into an adjacent worksite, finding that while the employee committed serious safety… …

