Occupational Health & Safety

A former excavator operator who was struck and dragged under an SUV while eating lunch beside his work site, and who later hurt his back again lifting parcels as a… …

A 6-foot-5 client services worker at a network of homeless shelters who injured his back after his employer brought in new “ergonomic” chairs is entitled to nearly five more months… …

A supply teacher who was removed from the Avon Maitland District School Board’s occasional teacher lists after her annual reactivation form never reached the board has lost her disability discriminati… …

A British Columbia lift technician fired after telling his employer’s biggest customer it was sending unqualified workers to inspect equipment was not the victim of a reprisal for raising safety… …

A Best Services Pro supervisor who did not tell the company about his son’s deteriorating mental health before the son fatally beat a security guard at UBC Okanagan was acting… …

A library web technician who said a new manager’s conduct and a co-worker’s suicide left him with a psychological injury is not entitled to workers’ compensation, British Columbia’s Workers’ Compensation… …

A steward whose supervisor told her she was the company’s most expensive employee, and that each of her workers’ compensation claims cost $35,000, has lost her bid for compensation for …

A B.C. construction labourer cut off from work weeks after reporting safety concerns was the target of a prohibited reprisal, the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal has ruled. The tribunal reached… …

A British Columbia non-profit program manager who was let go about two and a half months after her bullying and harassment complaint was resolved lost her job because of funding …

A newly hired Indigenous project superintendent who was fired in a fast-food restaurant in front of Elders, hours after his manager refused his request to have a job site blessed,… …