Occupational Health & Safety

A British Columbia project administrator who raised repeated complaints about dog allergies and workplace harassment did not suffer prohibited action from her employer, the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal has ruled.… …

A British Columbia employer must pay a former operations manager nearly $60,000 in lost wages, interest, and expenses after the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal upheld a finding that the worker …

A New Brunswick driving instructor who suffered a concussion at work and was later terminated when symptoms returned has been awarded more than $22,000 in damages after the province’s Labour …

A public health nurse who said she was harassed and discriminated against by managers during the COVID-19 pandemic has lost her claim for chronic mental stress benefits before the Workplace …

Two transmission line workers injured in a 2020 highway crash were not in the course of their employment at the time of the accident, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals… …

The Ontario Labour Relations Board has ordered the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board to stop refusing to participate in meetings and hearings where a union national representative is present, pending… …

An Alberta worker who witnessed an armed person shot and killed outside her workplace is entitled to temporary total disability (TTD) benefits for more than two years after the workers’… …

The Ontario Labour Relations Board has dismissed reprisal complaints filed by two workers employed by industrial services contractor Leadec at Ford Motor Company’s assembly plant in Oakville, finding no connection… …

The Human Rights Tribunal of Alberta has upheld the dismissal of a human rights complaint filed by a former FuelCell Energy worker who alleged discrimination on multiple grounds, finding she …

A British Columbia employer has lost its appeal of a prohibited action finding after a tribunal determined it fired a worker in retaliation for reporting carbon monoxide concerns to WorkSafeBC …