A former police officer in Ontario has been granted workers’ compensation benefits after the Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal found his termination related to an alleged sexual assault was…
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Occupational Health & SafetyWorkplace News
Waterford waste disposal company convicted in 2022 workplace death of truck driver
By J.P. Antonacci | The Hamilton Spectator Emma Richard awoke to the sound of her mother screaming. She ran down the stairs to find a police officer comforting the distraught woman…
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FeaturedLegal NewsWrongful Dismissal
Toronto law firm disqualified from representing former executive due to conflict of interest
A Toronto-based law firm has been removed from representing a former executive in a wrongful dismissal lawsuit after the Ontario Superior Court found it had a conflict of interest stemming…
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FeaturedOccupational Health & SafetyPrivacy
Ontario Court of Appeal orders LCBO to disclose theft data to Toronto Star, rejects arguments about worker safety
The Ontario Court of Appeal has restored an order compelling the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) to release theft and shoplifting data to the Toronto Star, rejecting the retailer’s…
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By Connor Luczka | Stratford Times After multiple cancelled council meetings and three residents were suspended from city property in Stratford, Ont., over the summer – all because of alleged infractions…
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FeaturedMental HealthOccupational Health & Safety
Former meat department manager granted psychotraumatic disability benefits and loss-of-earnings after termination linked to injury
Ontario’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal (WSIAT) has ruled that a former meat department manager is entitled to psychotraumatic disability benefits, loss-of-earnings (LOE) benefits, and a work transition assessment…
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FeaturedWrongful Dismissal
Golf superintendent, 51, tees up $34,000 in damages after being fired less than a month into new role
A 51-year-old golf superintendent who was fired less than a month after taking on a new job has been awarded five months’ notice for wrongful dismissal by an Ontario court,…
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeaturedOccupational Health & Safety
Former Red Lobster worker must choose between grievance and board application: OLRB
The Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB) has told a former employee of Red Lobster to decide whether to pursue his complaint through his union’s grievance process or continue with an…
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FeaturedSexual Harassment
Two-decades old sexual harassment complaint against Metro grocery chain dismissed due to limitation period
The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO) has dismissed a sexual harassment and assault complaint filed by former Metro Ontario Inc. employee, citing that the application was submitted well beyond…
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FeaturedSexual Harassment
HRTO denies sealing order but grants redactions in Windsor Police discrimination case
The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO) has denied a joint request to seal all adjudicative records in a discrimination and harassment case involving the Windsor Police Services Board, while…