A computer engineer with post-traumatic stress disorder has been awarded $28,000 in damages and ordered accommodated with telework for at least two years, after Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada… …
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PREMIUM Durham Regional Police officer’s PTSD lawsuit can proceed, WSIAT rules
A police officer who developed post-traumatic stress disorder after alleging workplace harassment by her supervisor can proceed with a civil lawsuit against her employer, coworkers and other individuals, the Ontario… …
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Human rights tribunal denies bid to keep B.C. worker’s name confidential in discrimination case
The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal has denied an application from a worker to keep her name confidential in a discrimination complaint against her former employer, and has ordered the …
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PREMIUM Tribunal allows $200K claim over memorial crosses that caused anxiety for correctional officer
A correctional officer’s application alleging the Ontario government failed to accommodate his anxiety over memorial crosses placed outside his workplace will proceed to a hearing before the Human Rights Tribunal… …
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PREMIUM Ontario ordered to pay three guards on PTSD leave $12.5K each for posting their photos at jail entrances
Three Ontario correctional workers on leave for post-traumatic stress disorder have each been awarded $12,500 after the Grievance Settlement Board found the Ministry of the Solicitor General discriminated against them… …
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Thunder Bay, Ont., police officer’s disability discrimination complaint dismissed
A Thunder Bay police officer who alleged he was harassed and pushed out of his job because of post-traumatic stress disorder has had his human rights application dismissed by the …
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PREMIUM WCAT denies border officer’s mental disorder compensation claim following encounter with armed, dangerous individual
A border services representative in British Columbia has lost his appeal for workers’ compensation for a mental disorder, after the province’s Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal found that his encounter with… …
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Placing manager on paid leave while anonymous complaint investigated was not reprisal: Board
A manager at IWK Health who was placed on paid administrative leave while an anonymous complaint against him was investigated has lost his bid to have the leave declared a …
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Trillium Health Partners porter denied sick benefits over stress claim
A Trillium Health Partners porter was not entitled to short-term disability benefits after a workplace encounter left him feeling disrespected, an Ontario arbitrator has ruled, though she found the ho… …
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PREMIUM BC Hydro loses court fight after it steered worker away from reporting mental health injury
British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority has failed to overturn a finding that it discouraged a worker from reporting a mental-disorder injury to the province’s workers’ compensation board. The Supreme… …