A Toronto-based electrical contractor has been ordered to pay $7,500 in human rights damages after failing to ask a worker whether he needed accommodation following a hand injury sustained during… …
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Flight attendant who developed PTSD after airliner crash, fire entitled to full LOE benefits
An Ontario tribunal has ruled that an airline flight attendant with post-traumatic stress disorder was entitled to full loss-of-earnings benefits for a six-year period during which the Workplace Safet… Free …
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Ontario paramedic trainee wins LOE benefits after PTSD diagnosis following dispatcher training termination
A former ambulance communications officer trainee is entitled to full loss-of-earnings benefits from May 5, 2023 to October 30, 2023, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal has ruled, fin… …
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Moose Jaw worker’s unfair labour practice complaint dismissed for lack of board jurisdiction
The Saskatchewan Labour Relations Board has dismissed an unfair labour practice application filed by a municipal worker, ruling that the essential nature of the dispute falls under occupational health… Free …
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Ontario worker’s bid to reopen workplace injury claim fails as tribunal finds no errors in back injury ruling
Ontario’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal has denied a worker’s request to reopen a decision that rejected his claim for benefits following a 2017 workplace accident, finding no fundam… …
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Worker who quit over forklift danger denied EI benefits after tribunal finds reasonable alternatives existed
A Quebec yard clerk who left his job following a dangerous workplace incident has been denied Employment Insurance benefits after the Social Security Tribunal of Canada found he had reasonable …
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New Brunswick worker’s hearing loss claim denied after 12-year delay in filing
A New Brunswick appeals tribunal has denied a workers’ compensation claim for occupational hearing loss after finding the worker filed his application nearly 12 years past the statutory deadline, with… …
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Teacher who complained about air quality loses reprisal claim over classroom reassignment
A Nova Scotia teacher who was moved to a different classroom after raising air quality concerns has lost her reprisal complaint, with the Court of Appeal upholding a Labour Board …
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Ontario hospital did not violate safety law in response to doctor’s harassment of worker: Arbitrator
A northern Ontario hospital did not breach the Occupational Health and Safety Act in its handling of a violent workplace harassment incident involving a physician, an arbitrator has ruled, dismissing …
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HRTO ordered to hear ambulance driver’s discrimination claim related to ankle injury
An Ontario court has overturned a decision by the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO) that dismissed an ambulance driver’s disability discrimination complaint without a hearing, finding the tribun… Free …