Mental Health

A worker in British Columbia who claimed he developed a mental disorder during a two-year performance management program has lost his appeal after filing his compensation claim six years after …

A childcare assistant who waited nearly five months to apply for Employment Insurance benefits after her hours were drastically reduced has lost her appeal to have the application backdated, with …

A British Columbia Supreme Court has awarded $193,005 in damages to a long-serving office manager who was constructively dismissed when her employer failed to pay her wages during a governance… …

A migrant farm worker from St. Lucia has been awarded $5,000 in general damages for mental distress after an Ontario labour tribunal found his employer acted dishonestly and in bad… …

A fibre optic components manufacturer has been partially successful in blocking a wrongful dismissal lawsuit filed by a former senior legal counsel, with a workplace safety tribunal ruling that harass… …

A British Columbia worker has won partial compensation for major depressive disorder stemming from workplace trauma, but lost her bid for coverage of alcohol and substance use disorders in a… …

A British Columbia worker’s claim for workers’ compensation benefits related to workplace sexual harassment was dismissed because she filed her application more than two years after the psychological … Free …

The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has dismissed a complaint by a former CultureWorks English as a Second Language Inc. employee, ruling it was filed after the one-year limitation period …

A Nova Scotia workers’ compensation appeal tribunal has denied a continuing care assistant’s claim for a gradual psychological injury, ruling that her workplace stressors fell within normal employment management practices… …

By Zhanna Lyubykh, Simon Fraser University; Justin Weinhardt, University of Calgary, and Nick Turner, University of Calgary About one in four employees has a diagnosable mental health condition, and up …