Occupational Health & Safety

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 …

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The Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal has dismissed a division president’s complaint that he was fired for reporting bullying and harassment, finding he did not hold a genuine safety concern and …

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A worker who was dismissed the same day she filed a bullying and harassment complaint with her employer’s board of directors was not the target of retaliation, the Workers’ Compensation …

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The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has dismissed a reprisal application from a former worker at a Magna International stamping plant, finding the claim fell outside the tribunal’s jurisdiction becau… …