By Ehsan Etezad, Saint Mary’s University and John Fiset, Saint Mary’s University Employee mental health, once a silent and often overlooked issue, has now become an urgent workplace concern. In …
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Firefighter awarded workers’ comp for PTSD, depression and Crohn’s disease aggravation
An Ontario firefighter who experienced traumatic events during their career has been granted entitlement for traumatic mental stress, depression, and aggravation of pre-existing Crohn’s disease in a s… Free Membership …
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FeaturedMental HealthSexual Harassment
Witness to workplace sexual assault awarded WSIB benefits for PTSD
A worker who witnessed a co-worker’s spouse being sexually assaulted after a company Christmas party has been granted workplace injury benefits for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) by the Workpla… Free …
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Retail worker whose harassment triggered memories of earlier assault awarded workers’ comp in Ontario
A retail worker who experienced workplace harassment in 2017 has been granted entitlement for a recurrence of a 2014 traumatic mental stress injury, along with recognition of permanent impairment and …
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WSIAT gives green light to civil claim seeking mental distress damages for manner of termination
A workplace safety tribunal has ruled that an employee’s claims for mental distress damages arising from the manner of her termination are not barred by workers’ compensation legislation, allowing her… …
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Worker, subjected to heated exchange in kitchen, denied benefits for psychological injury
The Appeals Commission for Alberta Workers’ Compensation has denied a worker’s appeal for a traumatic onset psychological injury claim, ruling that a heated workplace exchange did not meet the definit… …
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PREMIUM UNBC’s $74K settlement offer reasonable, tribunal says in dismissing mental health accommodation complaint
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Workplace harassment did not cause worker’s mental stress injury: Ontario tribunal
A worker’s request for reconsideration of a Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal (WSIAT) decision denying entitlement to traumatic mental stress (TMS) and chronic mental stress (CMS) has be… Free …
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B.C. tribunal dismisses human rights complaint against CMHA due to valid settlement agreement
The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal has dismissed a complaint alleging age and disability discrimination by the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), ruling that a signed settlement agreem… Free Membership …
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Full and final release binding despite employee’s schizophrenia, tribunal rules
A full and final release signed by an employee diagnosed with schizophrenia is binding and precludes a subsequent discrimination claim under Ontario’s Human Rights Code, the Human Rights Tribunal of …