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… …
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Worker denied comp for stress after accidental voicemail where bosses called her ‘slippery’ and ‘unreliable’
An infection control practitioner who said workplace bullying left her with stress and insomnia will not receive compensation, after British Columbia’s Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal found the … Free Membership …