A group of Canada Border Services Agency officers in Sidney, B.C., who waited eight years to have their overtime grievances referred to adjudication have lost their case, with a federal …
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Medical clinic worker fired for raising bullying, harassment concerns awarded $6K
A medical clinic worker who was fired after raising bullying and harassment concerns about her office manager has had her compensation doubled to $6,006, the British Columbia Workers’ Compensation App… …
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Shopping stop before highway crash didn’t cost worker his WCB coverage
A youth support worker who stopped to buy personal items on his drive home from work, minutes before being struck by a dump truck on Highway 1 in Langley, B.C., …
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PREMIUM Price-tag, roof-work warnings sink grocery store night manager’s stress claim
A grocery store night manager in British Columbia has lost her bid for compensation for a work-related mental disorder after the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal found the performance warnings she… …
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B.C. youth worker’s four-month suspension over drug claims not eligible for workers’ comp
A British Columbia youth care worker who spent four months on paid leave while investigators examined allegations she used drugs at work and mishandled cash has lost her bid for …
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A Vancouver HVAC company’s bid to block a former team leader from running a rival business has largely failed, with the Supreme Court of British Columbia granting only a narrow …
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PREMIUM GPS tracking exposes City of Coquitlam arborist’s 29 hours of extra breaks
A City of Coquitlam field arborist fired for taking extended breaks at a coffee shop and during lunchtime runs has been ordered reinstated without back pay, a labour arbitrator has… …
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PREMIUM B.C. college worker disciplined for bullying loses bid to unmask coworkers who complained about him
A British Columbia public body employee who sought access to workplace investigation files has been granted partial disclosure, with the province’s information and privacy commissioner finding much of the material… …
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PREMIUM Firing of John Howard Society worker days after rights complaint not retaliation, B.C. tribunal finds
A support worker who was fired days after telling her employer she planned to file a human rights complaint has had her discrimination and retaliation case dismissed by the British… …
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A worker disciplined for not flagging a supplier problem that arose while he was on disability leave will have part of his human rights complaint proceed to a hearing, the …

