Occupational Health & Safety

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The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal has denied Fluor Constructors Canada’s application to defer a racism complaint filed by a former scaffolding worker who alleges he faced discrimination after… Free …

A Nova Scotia workers’ compensation appeals tribunal has ruled that a worker’s ongoing cognitive problems and headaches are connected to a workplace head injury he suffered nearly 20 years ago, …

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An Alberta employer has lost its appeal challenging the acceptance of a worker’s shoulder injury claim, despite evidence the employee had high levels of drugs in his system at the …

An Alberta oil and gas equipment manufacturer has been fined $125,000 after a worker was seriously injured on a lathe at its Calgary facility. Steelhaus Technologies Inc. pleaded guilty July …

Saskatchewan wildland firefighters now have presumptive cancer coverage for 22 types of cancer under workers’ compensation. Amendments to The Workers’ Compensation Act, 2013 took effect Aug. 1, extending the same …

A British Columbia delivery company took prohibited action against a worker when it fired her shortly after she complained about safety issues with her delivery vehicle, the Workers’ Compensation Appe… …

A spa therapist who successfully proved she was subjected to prohibited workplace actions will receive only $1,500 in compensation after a tribunal found she failed to mitigate her damages by …

A grocery store worker has lost her appeal to restore full wage-loss benefits after refusing to participate in a graduated return-to-work program because WorkSafeBC would not provide her with an …