A BC Transit worker whose union breached its duty of fair representation will not be reimbursed for legal fees he spent on a related human rights complaint because he never …
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PREMIUM B.C. privacy watchdog curbs former hospital employee who opened more than 300 files
A former employee of BC Children’s Hospital and the University of British Columbia who opened 317 files with B.C.’s privacy commissioner must now get permission before starting any new complaint,… …
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PREMIUM Lift technician in B.C. fired for calling customers loses safety reprisal appeal
A British Columbia lift technician fired after telling his employer’s biggest customer it was sending unqualified workers to inspect equipment was not the victim of a reprisal for raising safety… …
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PREMIUM UBC guard’s killer acted alone, but his father’s failures as shift supervisor were work-related: tribunal
A Best Services Pro supervisor who did not tell the company about his son’s deteriorating mental health before the son fatally beat a security guard at UBC Okanagan was acting… …
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Workplace investigator’s interview notes not privileged, B.C. human rights tribunal rules
A Kamloops, B.C., non-profit must give a former employee the workplace investigator’s interview notes. The employee alleges she was sexually harassed by the organization’s former executive director, a… Free Membership …
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Fired B.C. public servants can challenge vaccine ‘just cause’ regulation
Fourteen former B.C. public servants fired for not providing proof of COVID-19 vaccination can pursue a wrongful dismissal claim that challenges the regulation deeming their terminations to be for jus… …
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PREMIUM Co-worker’s suicide after meeting with manager not traumatic, workers’ comp denied
A library web technician who said a new manager’s conduct and a co-worker’s suicide left him with a psychological injury is not entitled to workers’ compensation, British Columbia’s Workers’ Compensation… …
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A Kamloops, B.C., woman who took the bus almost every day to visit her partner in a long-term care home is entitled to a Canada Pension Plan survivor’s pension, even …
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A British Columbia operations manager was fired on his first day back from medical leave, one week after his employer told him there would be no significant changes to his …
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Supervisor’s ‘most expensive employee’ comment wasn’t bullying, B.C. tribunal rules
A steward whose supervisor told her she was the company’s most expensive employee, and that each of her workers’ compensation claims cost $35,000, has lost her bid for compensation for …


