Occupational Health & Safety

An arbitrator has ruled that employees of the Waterloo Region District School Board who are denied loss-of-earnings benefits by the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board cannot turn to sick leave… …

A former butcher has lost his bid for workers’ compensation after the Court of Appeal of New Brunswick upheld a tribunal’s finding that there was no link between his job… …

The Liquor Control Board of Ontario did not subject one of its store employees to workplace harassment, an Ontario arbitrator has found, but it breached provincial health and safety law… …

The Newfoundland and Labrador government has launched an independent review of the province’s workers’ compensation system and named a five-member committee to lead it. Provincial law requires the rev… Free …

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 …

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 …

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 …

A community support worker who breathed in second-hand cigarette smoke during years of home visits has been granted workers’ compensation benefits on the basis that the exposure aggravated her reactive… …

An Ontario arbitrator has upheld the termination of a Stericycle medical-waste worker and dismissed six grievances challenging a string of disciplinary actions, finding he repeatedly ignored safety rules and refused… …

An educational assistant who developed depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder after years working with aggressive special needs students will not receive mental stress benefits, after Ontario’s Workplace Safety and… …