A Toronto-based electrical contractor has been ordered to pay $7,500 in human rights damages after failing to ask a worker whether he needed accommodation following a hand injury sustained during… …
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Veeva ordered to pay $58K in costs after worker wins wrongful dismissal summary judgment
An Ontario court has ordered a software company to pay $58,110.13 in costs to a former employee after finding he was wrongfully dismissed and entitled to six months’ notice, along …
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Flight attendant who developed PTSD after airliner crash, fire entitled to full LOE benefits
An Ontario tribunal has ruled that an airline flight attendant with post-traumatic stress disorder was entitled to full loss-of-earnings benefits for a six-year period during which the Workplace Safet… Free …
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Ontario paramedic trainee wins LOE benefits after PTSD diagnosis following dispatcher training termination
A former ambulance communications officer trainee is entitled to full loss-of-earnings benefits from May 5, 2023 to October 30, 2023, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal has ruled, fin… …
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Rogers Centre beer servers lose bid to force union arbitration after tip fraud dismissal
Ontario’s Labour Relations Board has dismissed a complaint brought by two former Rogers Centre beer servers who alleged their union failed them after they were fired for what their employer …
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Director held personally liable for $5K in unpaid wages after corporate employer missed review deadline
A company director has been ordered to pay more than $5,400 in unpaid wages out of his own pocket after the corporation he led failed to properly contest an employment …
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PREMIUM TeknoScan directors held liable for unpaid wages despite claims of no role in payroll
Three directors of an Ontario technology company have failed in their bid to escape liability for unpaid wages owed to six employees, with the Ontario Labour Relations Board affirming Directors… …
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An Ontario employer has failed to exempt three farm workers from employment standards protections after conceding at a hearing that their work was not directly related to the primary production …
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Chemical plant worker loses EI claim after quitting over demotion and boardroom humiliation
A lead hand at an Ontario chemical and composite materials plant has been denied Employment Insurance benefits after the Social Security Tribunal found he had a reasonable alternative to quitting …
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FeaturedOccupational Health & Safety
Ontario worker’s bid to reopen workplace injury claim fails as tribunal finds no errors in back injury ruling
Ontario’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal has denied a worker’s request to reopen a decision that rejected his claim for benefits following a 2017 workplace accident, finding no fundam… …

