The Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal has denied a worker’s appeal of a mental disorder claim that was filed more than two years after her termination, finding no special circumstances existed …
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B.C. court delivers a rare guilty verdict in a workplace fatality case
By Isaac Phan Nay | The Tyee More than 13 years after pipe layer Jeff Caron was crushed to death while replacing a Burnaby storm sewer, a B.C. Supreme Court judge …
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Food demonstrator fired for job abandonment, not safety reprisal: B.C. tribunal
A British Columbia food demonstrator who claimed she was fired for raising workplace concerns has lost her appeal after a tribunal found her employer terminated her employment due to job …
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B.C. jail guard denied workers’ comp for mental disorder after Mental Health Act apprehension
A British Columbia jail guard who developed an adjustment disorder after being apprehended under the Mental Health Act following workplace comments about suicide is not entitled to workers’ compensati… To …
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Worker’s refusal of light duties deemed unreasonable after wrist injury at large retail store
A worker who refused to participate in a graduated return-to-work program following a wrist strain injury unreasonably declined suitable light duties offered by his employer, the Workers’ Compensation… To continue …
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Workplace confrontation between surveyors arose from employment: WCAT
A British Columbia tribunal has determined that a verbal confrontation between two pipeline surveyors at a remote worksite arose out of and in the course of employment, blocking the plaintiff’s …
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🔒Employer acted in bad faith by threatening worker after domestic violence incident: Tribunal
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A B.C. Supreme Court judge has dismissed a judicial review application from Bioriginal Food & Science Corp., allowing a tribunal decision to stand that cancelled an employment standards determinat… To …
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🔒B.C. chiropractor loses time theft claim against office assistant
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Tribunal defers human rights complaint from worker replaced during medical leave for vertigo
The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal has deferred a discrimination complaint filed by a former contract manager against Concord Parking, finding it fair and reasonable to wait for the outcome …