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 …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsJust CauseSubscriber ContentWorkplace Violence
PREMIUM Coast Mountain Bus Company driver fired for chasing, kicking passenger after bottle thrown
An arbitrator has upheld the termination of a transit operator who chased down and physically assaulted a passenger after the passenger threw a plastic juice bottle that bounced off a… …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeaturedWorkplace Violence
Mixer driver wins job back after punching co-worker who repeatedly dared him to fight
An arbitrator has ordered the reinstatement of a mixer driver terminated for punching a co-worker, finding the employer failed to address years of racist provocation and workplace aggression that led …
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Workplace NewsWorkplace Violence
Saskatchewan expands interpersonal violence definition to include coercive control, cyberstalking
Saskatchewan has introduced legislation that broadens the legal definition of interpersonal violence to include coercive control and cyberstalking. The Cyberstalking and Coercive Control Act amends The Victims of Interpersonal Violence …
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FeaturedWorkplace InvestigationsWorkplace Violence
Federal court dismisses chief administrator’s challenge to workplace harassment finding
The Federal Court has dismissed an application for judicial review brought by the chief administrator of the Courts Administration Service after an investigator found evidence of workplace harassment … Free …
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Occupational Health & SafetyWorkplace NewsWorkplace Violence
Manitoba government stations police officers at Health Sciences Centre emergency department
The Manitoba government will place two uniformed police officers in the Health Sciences Centre Winnipeg emergency department around the clock to improve safety for patients and staff, ministers announced Tuesday. …
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Occupational Health & SafetySubscriber ContentWorkplace Violence
PREMIUM Float truck driver loses reprisal case after pushing supervisor during workplace confrontation
The Ontario Labour Relations Board has dismissed a reprisal complaint from a float truck driver who was fired after admitting he pushed his supervisor during a heated workplace confrontation, finding… …
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Constructive DismissalSmall Claims CourtSubscriber ContentWorkplace Violence
PREMIUM Showcase ordered to pay worker over constructive dismissal after stockroom incident
The B.C. Civil Resolution Tribunal has ordered retailer Showcase to pay a former part-time sales associate more than $2,200 after finding he was constructively dismissed following a confrontation with a… …
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Court upholds workers’ comp tribunal decision barring workplace assault victim from suing First Nation employer
A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has dismissed a judicial review application from a First Nation finance director who was barred from suing her employer and colleagues after being assaulted …