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 …
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Hiring your teen this summer? A family job doesn’t automatically keep them safe at work
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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FeaturedOccupational Health & SafetyWorkplace Violence
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
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… …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsJust CauseOccupational Health & SafetySubscriber Content
PREMIUM Stericycle worker’s firing over blood spill, safety breaches upheld
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… …
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Mental HealthOccupational Health & SafetySubscriber Content
PREMIUM Educational assistant denied mental stress benefits after special needs work
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… …
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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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Arbitration/Labour RelationsOccupational Health & SafetySubscriber Content
PREMIUM B.C. arbitrator tosses final warning for technician who photographed unsafe coworker
A British Columbia arbitrator has overturned a final written warning issued to a senior guideway technician at ProTrans BC Operations after the worker photographed a coworker cutting rail without a… …
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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 — …