A 911 dispatcher’s claim of workplace-related Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) has been upheld by the Appeals Commission for Alberta Workers’ Compensation. The case centered on a dispute where the employer…
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Auto dealership employee, shoved and sworn at by the owner, has workers’ comp claim for acute workplace stress upheld
A worker’s long-standing claim for compensation due to acute stress resulting from a traumatic event at work has been upheld by the Nova Scotia Workers’ Compensation Appeals Tribunal. The worker,…
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B.C. plumbing and heating company loses bid to have mental health complaint from former GM dismissed without hearing
A B.C. plumbing and heating company has lost its bid to have a human rights hearing involving its former general manager tossed out without a hearing. The general manager, TB,…
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‘Blunt and rude’ email to correctional officer by management was not threatening behaviour: B.C. tribunal
The British Columbia Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal (WCAT) has denied a correctional officer’s appeal for compensation for a mental disorder, which he attributed to an email received from an assistant…
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Human rights complaint against Office of the Premier of British Columbia deferred pending outcome of civil case
A human rights complaint against the Office of the Premier of British Columbia has been deferred for up to one year pending the outcoming of a civil action. The British…
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Welder who said she was disciplined for taking mental health day has case dismissed by B.C. tribunal
A complaint of workplace discrimination based on mental disability and sex has been dismissed by the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal. The case involved AS, a former production welder for…
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Former tow truck dispatcher awarded $14,000 after tribunal rules she was sexually harassed by co-worker
A former employee at a towing company in Surrey, B.C., was sexually harassed by her co-worker, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has ruled. She was awarded a total of $14,000,…
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B.C. employer granted 75% cost relief in mental health claim by workers’ comp appeal tribunal
In a recent decision, the British Columbia Workers’ Compensation Appeals Tribunal (WCAT) has granted a significant relief of costs to an employer in a mental disorder claim case. The decision,…
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Fired Toronto firefighter awarded loss of earnings benefits for work-related PTSD
An Ontario court has upheld a ruling by the Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal (WSIAT), granting loss of earnings benefits to a Toronto firefighter who suffered from post-traumatic stress…
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B.C. man, fired by text after disclosing he had Hepatitis C, awarded $67K by human rights tribunal
A B.C. worker, fired callously by text message after he told his employer he had been diagnosed with Hepatitis C, has been awarded more than $67,000 by the province’s human…