Occupational Health & Safety

An Alberta employer successfully appealed a Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB) decision granting temporary total disability (TTD) benefits to a worker who suffered a minor finger injury, with the Appea… Free …

A highway maintenance contractor has been fined $180,000 after pleading guilty to safety violations that resulted in serious injuries to a worker on an Alberta highway. Emcon Services Inc. entered …

The Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB) has ruled against a former Red Lobster employee’s extensive requests for document production in a case alleging reprisal under the Occupational Health and Saf… …

The Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB) has dismissed a workplace safety reprisal complaint brought by former law clerk against a Toronto-based personal injury law firm. N.P. alleged that his securi… …

A reforestation company has been acquitted of all occupational health and safety charges related to a 2020 workplace fatality in northern Alberta. Blue Collar Silviculture Ltd. was found not guilty …

The Saskatchewan Labour Relations Board has dismissed an appeal brought by a casino worker who was fired from his job — a termination he alleged was an act of discrimination …

The Alberta Occupational Health and Safety Appeal Body has denied an appeal from a West Fraser Mills worker who was suspended for one day without pay and received a disciplinary …

A worker who was injured after being struck and pinned to the floor by a load of marble tiles cannot sue his employer, Ontario’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal …

About once a week, I pop onto the press release section of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) website as part of my regular workplace news scan. Inevitably, and …

An appeal body has overturned an occupational health and safety (OHS) officer’s decision in a disciplinary action complaint case in Alberta, ruling that the officer applied the wrong legal test …