A youth support worker who stopped to buy personal items on his drive home from work, minutes before being struck by a dump truck on Highway 1 in Langley, B.C., …
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PREMIUM Price-tag, roof-work warnings sink grocery store night manager’s stress claim
A grocery store night manager in British Columbia has lost her bid for compensation for a work-related mental disorder after the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal found the performance warnings she… …
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B.C. youth worker’s four-month suspension over drug claims not eligible for workers’ comp
A British Columbia youth care worker who spent four months on paid leave while investigators examined allegations she used drugs at work and mishandled cash has lost her bid for …
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A rejected job applicant’s push for a written “CEO Message” explaining why his hiring process was halted has come up empty, with the Northwest Territories Information and Privacy Commissioner finding …
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A job applicant’s human rights complaint against Sirkit Ltd. has been dismissed after technical problems disrupted three attempts at a virtual interview, a member of the Alberta Human Rights Commissio… …
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PREMIUM $20,000 human rights damages cap survives Charter challenge from PSAC, legal clinic
A constitutional challenge brought by the Public Service Alliance of Canada and a Toronto community legal clinic against the $20,000 cap on human rights damages has been dismissed, with the… …
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PREMIUM SaskEnergy’s drug testing after gas line strikes ruled unjustified by Court of Appeal
Five SaskEnergy natural gas workers who were sent for drug and alcohol testing after two separate gas line strikes have had their compensation awards upheld by the Saskatchewan Court of …
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A customer service advisor fired by Concentrix the day after the company acknowledged contact from a Ministry of Labour officer investigating his complaint has been awarded termination pay by the …
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PREMIUM ‘Out of sight, out of mind’: Hiring manager at ESDC forgot about qualified internal candidate
A manager who admitted he simply forgot about a qualified employee — describing him to a labour board as “out of sight, out of mind” — has cost Employment and… …
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Physician’s $1-million wrongful dismissal claim mostly struck against Prairie Mountain Health
A physician’s $1-million lawsuit against Prairie Mountain Health and its former chief medical officer has been largely struck by the Court of King’s Bench of Manitoba, though the plaintiff was …