Occupational Health & Safety

An Alberta employer has lost its appeal challenging the acceptance of a worker’s shoulder injury claim, despite evidence the employee had high levels of drugs in his system at the …

An Alberta oil and gas equipment manufacturer has been fined $125,000 after a worker was seriously injured on a lathe at its Calgary facility. Steelhaus Technologies Inc. pleaded guilty July …

Saskatchewan wildland firefighters now have presumptive cancer coverage for 22 types of cancer under workers’ compensation. Amendments to The Workers’ Compensation Act, 2013 took effect Aug. 1, extending the same …

A British Columbia delivery company took prohibited action against a worker when it fired her shortly after she complained about safety issues with her delivery vehicle, the Workers’ Compensation Appe… …

A spa therapist who successfully proved she was subjected to prohibited workplace actions will receive only $1,500 in compensation after a tribunal found she failed to mitigate her damages by …

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 … To …

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… To continue …

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 …