The Ontario Labour Relations Board has dismissed an employer’s attempt to stop a health and safety reprisal complaint from proceeding to a hearing, finding a truck driver raised sufficient concerns …
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Employer cannot use safety legislation to shield itself from constructive dismissal, Ontario tribunal finds
A worker’s claim for constructive wrongful dismissal can proceed in civil court despite her former employer’s argument that workplace safety legislation bars the action, the Workplace Safety and Insur… Free …
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FeaturedOccupational Health & SafetyProfessional Misconduct
Complaint against Ontario doctor over his opinion in workplace injury case dismissed
The Health Professions Appeal and Review Board has upheld a decision by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario to take no further action on a complaint against a …
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Excalibur Drilling appeal of OHS noise order in Alberta dismissed
Alberta’s Occupational Health and Safety Appeal Body has dismissed Excalibur Drilling’s attempt to challenge a government order requiring the company to conduct a proper noise exposure assessment at i… Free …
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B.C. Court of Appeal dismisses judicial review appeal filed three years late by terminated powerline technician
The British Columbia Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by a former powerline technician who attempted to challenge a Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal decision rejecting his mental disorder … …
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PREMIUMWage dispute, not safety complaint, led to dump truck driver losing job: OLRB
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FeaturedOccupational Health & Safety
Labour board dismisses reprisal complaint against The Original Cakerie
The Ontario Labour Relations Board has dismissed a worker’s complaint that she was unlawfully terminated by The Original Cakerie after raising health and safety concerns. In a decision released Sept. …
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Ontario labour board dismisses Serco supervisor’s safety reprisal claim for lack of protected activity
An Ontario labour tribunal has dismissed a workplace reprisal complaint filed by a former supervisor at Serco Canada, finding the application failed to establish he had engaged in any activity …
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Constructive DismissalOccupational Health & SafetySubscriber Content
PREMIUMCanada’s Wonderland worker’s constructive dismissal claim allowed to proceed despite WSIA application
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Mental HealthOccupational Health & SafetySubscriber Content
PREMIUMWCAT denies mental-disorder claim after finding workplace gossip not the predominant cause
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