A Toronto-area transit bus operator will continue to receive workers’ compensation benefits for a work-related post-traumatic stress disorder that left him permanently unable to work near public transit vehicles, the… …
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Tribunal denies chronic mental stress claim for public health nurse over COVID-era workplace disputes
A public health nurse who said she was harassed and discriminated against by managers during the COVID-19 pandemic has lost her claim for chronic mental stress benefits before the Workplace …
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PREMIUM Alberta worker awarded TTD benefits after witnessing fatal shooting outside workplace
An Alberta worker who witnessed an armed person shot and killed outside her workplace is entitled to temporary total disability (TTD) benefits for more than two years after the workers’… …
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PREMIUM Statistics Canada supervisor fired for falsifying monitoring reports over four-month period
A federal labour board has upheld the termination of a Statistics Canada call centre supervisor who submitted false quality monitoring reports on 41 occasions over roughly four months, finding that… …
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PREMIUM Tribunal kills human rights bid by worker who alleged psychiatric diagnosis used to strip leadership role
A worker’s human rights application against an Ontario insurance agency has been dismissed after the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario found a parallel civil proceeding barred it from proceeding. The… …
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PREMIUM WorkSafeBC must compensate paramedic whose PTSD was aggravated by trainer’s threat, harassment
A British Columbia workers’ compensation appeal tribunal has ruled that a paramedic with permanent, work-related post-traumatic stress disorder is entitled to compensation after his condition was aggravated by a trainer… …
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PREMIUM Amazon worker, found not criminally responsible for killing his father, loses job after touching female co-worker’s head
A man under a detention order after being found not criminally responsible for killing his father was readmitted to a forensic psychiatric facility in 2025 following a workplace incident at… …
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Firefighter’s 20-year-old lawsuit against City of St. John’s tossed for want of prosecution
A Newfoundland and Labrador court has dismissed a former firefighter’s lawsuit against the City of St. John’s and his union after finding the case sat dormant for nearly a decade, …
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Flight attendant who developed PTSD after airliner crash, fire entitled to full LOE benefits
An Ontario tribunal has ruled that an airline flight attendant with post-traumatic stress disorder was entitled to full loss-of-earnings benefits for a six-year period during which the Workplace Safet… Free …
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Ontario paramedic trainee wins LOE benefits after PTSD diagnosis following dispatcher training termination
A former ambulance communications officer trainee is entitled to full loss-of-earnings benefits from May 5, 2023 to October 30, 2023, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal has ruled, fin… …


