Occupational Health & Safety

A worker who could not access the internet or use mobile data to join a videoconference has had a Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal hearing adjourned, with the format …

A worker who returned to his job with an Ontario environmental remediation company after a workplace injury has been awarded $15,000 after two supervisors made derogatory comments about him, including… …

An Alberta driver who used his employer’s fuel card to put gas in a family member’s car has lost his entitlement to full wage-loss benefits, after the Appeals Commission for… …

A grievance filed after a probation and parole officer witnessed an offender die by suicide in her office has been permanently dismissed, the Ontario Divisional Court has ruled, upholding an …

A Kelowna heavy equipment mechanic’s human rights complaint against his former employer has been dismissed after the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal found the company met its duty to accommodat… …

A correctional officer who spent four days helping investigate a work refusal over a malfunctioning fire and smoke detection system has been awarded overtime pay by the Federal Public Sector …

A driver fired by Kingsway Bulk after refusing to accept wood chip hauling assignments during a dispute over explosives-handling safety has been ordered reinstated with back pay by a Quebec …

A former lifeguard’s human rights complaint against the District of Mackenzie has been dismissed by the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal, which found he had no reasonable prospect of proving …

The estate of a Sudbury firefighter who died of occupational prostate cancer four years after retiring has been awarded accidental death and dismemberment and full life insurance benefits following a …

A Quaker Oats worker absent on workers’ compensation benefits for more than five years is entitled to holiday pay for statutory holidays that fell during his leave, an Ontario labour …