The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has reinstated Metro as a participant in a discrimination application the grocery company had not engaged with for years, setting aside an earlier decision …
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The Federal Court has dismissed an application for judicial review filed by a construction worker who was denied regular employment insurance benefits after he lost his job for refusing to …
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Department of National Defence ordered to pay $20,000 for gender harassment
A family peer support coordinator with the Department of National Defence has been awarded $20,000 after the Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board found her supervisor harassed h… …
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Mississippi Mills, Ont., municipal councillor loses challenge to her vaccine-related suspension
A former councillor for the Municipality of Mississippi Mills has lost her bid to overturn a 90-day suspension imposed after she refused to confirm her COVID-19 vaccination status, with the …
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PREMIUM Nova Scotia worker loses bid for psychological injury benefits after COVID dispute with boss
A worker’s claim for psychological injury benefits has been denied after the Nova Scotia Workers’ Compensation Appeals Tribunal found insufficient evidence that workplace stressors caused a compensable mental injury. The… …
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PREMIUM Long COVID recognized as compensable workplace injury for Ontario PSW
A personal support worker who contracted COVID-19 from a resident at an Ontario seniors’ home has won ongoing entitlement to benefits for post-COVID syndrome, after the Workplace Safety and Insurance… …
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Ontario tribunal denies nursing clerk’s COVID-19 vaccine injury claim, orders psychological review
A part-time nursing clerk who developed persistent symptoms after receiving two COVID-19 vaccinations under her employer’s mandatory immunization policy has been denied workers’ compensation entitleme… Free Membership Required To continue …
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PREMIUM Ontario’s top court upholds dismissal of healthcare workers’ vaccine lawsuit
The Court of Appeal for Ontario has dismissed an appeal brought by more than 400 current and former healthcare workers who challenged the striking of their lawsuit against the provincial… …
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PREMIUM B.C. teacher reinstated after anti-mask convoy lesson to elementary students
A British Columbia arbitrator has reinstated a Richmond elementary teacher who was dismissed after delivering an unauthorized classroom presentation supporting the 2022 trucker convoy and opposing pandemic mask and vaccine… …
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Quesnel, B.C., civic workers’ vaccine grievance hits a dead end
By Bob Mackin | Prince George Citizen Four City of Quesnel employees fired in February 2022 for disobeying the COVID-19 mandatory vaccination policy lost their application for reconsideration. In a Ma… …