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 …
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PREMIUM Ontario machine operator granted benefits after years of supervisor harassment
A long-serving machine operator who said he was bullied and belittled by his supervisor for years has won entitlement to benefits for chronic mental stress, after the Workplace Safety and… …
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Signed release blocks worker’s discrimination complaint against B.C. health authority
A worker who signed a release settling his grievance with the Provincial Health Services Authority cannot pursue his discrimination complaint, the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal has ruled, fin… Free …
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Arbitrator upholds City of Toronto bar on worker’s return pending medical assessment
A City of Toronto municipal standards officer who was kept out of the workplace pending a medical assessment has lost a grievance challenging that decision, after an arbitrator found the …
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Lead operator’s yelling wasn’t bullying, B.C. tribunal denies claim
A British Columbia machine operator who said a shouting confrontation with her lead operator left her with a mental disorder has lost her bid for compensation, after the Workers’ Compensation …
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Gore Mutual fails in bid to dismiss former claim adjuster’s mental disability complaint
Gore Mutual Insurance Company must face a former claims adjuster’s complaint that it discriminated against her because of a mental disability, after the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal refused … …
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PREMIUM Educational assistant denied mental stress benefits after special needs work
An educational assistant who developed depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder after years working with aggressive special needs students will not receive mental stress benefits, after Ontario’s Workplace Safety and… …
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A correctional officer who returned to work after a previous post-traumatic stress disorder claim has won her appeal at the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal in British Columbia, with the tribunal… …