Occupational Health & Safety

The Ontario Labour Relations Board has denied Starbucks Coffee Canada’s request to suspend two health and safety orders requiring ladder training for employees and installation of a plumbed eye-wash s… …

The Ontario Labour Relations Board has given a worker until mid-January to explain why his reprisal application against General Motors Canada should not be dismissed without a hearing. The worker …

A worker at a hardboard siding manufacturing operation in Nova Scotia has won his appeal for workers’ compensation after the tribunal found his respiratory symptoms and other health issues were …

An Alberta worker who developed major depression after discovering what appeared to be a child’s underwear in his work locker has been granted compensation for a traumatic psychological injury. The …

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The Alberta Labour Relations Board has remitted a workplace safety complaint back to Occupational Health and Safety for reconsideration, finding the officer’s conclusion that a pipefitter resigned was… To continue …

A New Brunswick worker who developed chronic lower back pain while driving a work vehicle without proper ergonomic support has won her appeal for workers’ compensation benefits after the tribunal …

The Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal has denied a worker’s appeal of a mental disorder claim that was filed more than two years after her termination, finding no special circumstances existed …

By Isaac Phan Nay | The Tyee More than 13 years after pipe layer Jeff Caron was crushed to death while replacing a Burnaby storm sewer, a B.C. Supreme Court judge …

A British Columbia food demonstrator who claimed she was fired for raising workplace concerns has lost her appeal after a tribunal found her employer terminated her employment due to job …