Occupational Health & Safety

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 …

A British Columbia worker’s claim for workers’ compensation benefits related to workplace sexual harassment was dismissed because she filed her application more than two years after the psychological … Free …

An Alberta insulation contractor has been fined $210,000 after a worker died falling through a roof opening at an oil sands facility. Pacific Rim Industrial Insulations Ltd. pleaded guilty July …

Alberta’s Labour Relations Board has dismissed applications from both ATCO Electric and the Canadian Energy Workers Association challenging an arbitration decision that found the employer breached a w… Free Membership …

A regulatory board has upheld the College of Nurses of Ontario’s decision to take no further action against a registered nurse who was accused of being rude, unprofessional, and refusing …

An Ottawa-based paving company has been fined $115,000 after one of its workers was struck and killed by a reversing dump truck in Kanata. Ottawa Pavemaster, legally known as 769550 …

A Nova Scotia workers’ compensation appeal tribunal has denied a continuing care assistant’s claim for a gradual psychological injury, ruling that her workplace stressors fell within normal employment management practices… …

A general contractor has been hit with a $5,000 administrative penalty after failing to report a serious workplace injury and allowing work to continue in violation of a stop work… …

An Alberta appeal board has ordered a workplace safety investigation be reconsidered after finding an officer failed to properly examine whether an employee’s termination was connected to his safety c… …

A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has dismissed a judicial review application from a First Nation finance director who was barred from suing her employer and colleagues after being assaulted …