By Nick Turner and Steve Granger As the school year winds down, many teenagers are starting summer jobs to earn money and gain experience. Businesses benefit from the seasonal influx …
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Nurse suspended after reporting threat at B.C. homeless encampment loses reprisal appeal
A registered nurse who said her employer suspended her in reprisal for reporting a threatening encounter at a homeless encampment has lost her appeal, with the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal …
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Lead operator’s yelling wasn’t bullying, B.C. tribunal denies claim
A British Columbia machine operator who said a shouting confrontation with her lead operator left her with a mental disorder has lost her bid for compensation, after the Workers’ Compensation …
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PREMIUM Support worker in Ontario awarded benefits for second-hand smoke-aggravated airway disease
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PREMIUM Stericycle worker’s firing over blood spill, safety breaches upheld
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PREMIUM Educational assistant denied mental stress benefits after special needs work
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Weyerhaeuser fined $355K after worker killed at Grande Prairie, Alta., lumber mill
Weyerhaeuser Company Limited has been ordered to pay $355,000 after a worker died at a lumber mill near Grande Prairie, Alta. The company pleaded guilty on May 19 in the …
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PREMIUM B.C. arbitrator tosses final warning for technician who photographed unsafe coworker
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B.C. tribunal trims part-time cook’s prohibited action remedy to one month
A part-time weekend cook fired by a small British Columbia restaurant after raising a workplace bullying complaint is entitled to roughly one month of additional wage-loss, tips and interest — …
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Worker’s mental disorder claim allowed after manager mocked safety concerns
A youth justice worker in British Columbia has won her appeal for workers’ compensation after the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal found her manager bullied and harassed her in response to …