Two Windsor-based construction companies have been fined a combined total of $130,000 following an incident where two workers were injured due to a masonry block wall collapse at a school …
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Ottawa construction firm fined $55,000 after worker injured on highrise project
An Ottawa-based construction company has been fined $55,000 following a workplace incident that left a worker critically injured. The fine, handed down by Justice of the Peace Karen Baum in …
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Human rights tribunal dismisses discrimination case against Humber River Hospital
A former worker at Humber River Hospital has seen his discrimination claims dismissed by the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO), with the Tribunal ruling that another proceeding had already …
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Ontario tribunal denies worker’s appeal for extended benefits, psychiatric assessment following knee injury
The Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal (WSIAT) has denied a worker’s appeal for extended loss of earnings (LOE) benefits and a psychiatric assessment, citing a lack of causal …
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Warehouse worker, called ‘bitch’ by colleague, awarded $300 by Ontario Human Rights Tribunal
A woman who was only on the job for eight days has been awarded minimal damages after she was called a “bitch” by a co-worker at Kuehne + Nagel Inc. …
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Justice Jonathan Bliss has been appointed as the new regional senior justice for the Toronto Region of the Ontario Court of Justice, effective August 15, 2024, according to an announcement …
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The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) didn’t know one of its workers was pregnant before it fired her, the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal has ruled. N.S., a senior change …
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Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board ordered to pay $10,000 for discriminatory firing
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board (OTPPB) was found to have discriminated against an employee on the basis of his family status and other protected characteristics under the Ontario Human …
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Court upholds Peel school board’s decision in medical accommodation fight with teacher
An Ontario elementary school teacher’s challenge against the Peel District School Board’s refusal to grant him a specific teaching position due to medical restrictions has been dismissed by the Superior …
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Pregnant cook, fired over a Facebook message she sent, awarded nearly $40,000 by human rights tribunal
The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has awarded a former cook $37,849 after she was dismissed from her job shortly after announcing her pregnancy. The Tribunal found that the termination …