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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PREMIUM Wood Buffalo paramedic fired after pushing colleague into a fridge door loses grievance
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PREMIUM Arbitrator dismisses coal miner’s grievance after worker intimidated witnesses
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Alberta daycare worker fired for cause after pulling child’s hair
The Alberta Labour Relations Board has overturned an employment standards order that required a Fort McKay First Nation daycare to pay nearly $10,000 in termination pay to a former early …
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PREMIUM Ford worker’s human rights claim dismissed after assault finding
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Bus driver fired after leaving vehicle to confront passenger loses EI appeal
A bus driver who left his vehicle to confront a passenger who had doused him with a foul-smelling liquid, and was subsequently stabbed during the encounter, has been denied employment …
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PREMIUM Alberta worker awarded TTD benefits after witnessing fatal shooting outside workplace
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Firefighter’s 20-year-old lawsuit against City of St. John’s tossed for want of prosecution
A Newfoundland and Labrador court has dismissed a former firefighter’s lawsuit against the City of St. John’s and his union after finding the case sat dormant for nearly a decade, …
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Ontario hospital did not violate safety law in response to doctor’s harassment of worker: Arbitrator
A northern Ontario hospital did not breach the Occupational Health and Safety Act in its handling of a violent workplace harassment incident involving a physician, an arbitrator has ruled, dismissing …
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Educational assistant, sexually assaulted by student in pool, awarded workers’ comp benefits
A Nova Scotia school board has failed in its appeal of a workers’ compensation decision that found a sexual assault committed by a student against an educational assistant was a …