The Supreme Court of British Columbia has ordered a limited cross-examination of a law firm paralegal in a Powell River pharmacy dispute, after declining to disqualify the defendants’ lawyer outright …
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PREMIUM Pharmacist wins mental disorder claim linked to chemo drug exposure
A British Columbia pharmacist who worked for years in an oncology department without adequate protective equipment has been awarded workers’ compensation benefits for a mental disorder, after the Workers’ Compensation… …
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B.C. tribunal orders new remedy hearing after pharmacy wrongly fired nurse who raised employment rights
A British Columbia employment tribunal has sent a retaliatory dismissal case back for reconsideration, finding that the remedy awarded to a Licensed Practical Nurse fired by a pharmacy after he …
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Professional MisconductSexual HarassmentSubscriber Content
PREMIUM Alberta court overturns pharmacist sexual abuse finding in case involving pre-existing relationship
The Alberta Court of Appeal has overturned a finding of sexual abuse against a pharmacist who prescribed medication to a woman with whom he was already in a sexual relationship,… …
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PREMIUM B.C. pharmacy’s bitter pill: $150K for dismissing 77-year-old worker after 45 years
A British Columbia pharmacy has been ordered to pay $150,000 in damages after wrongfully dismissing a 77-year-old front store manager who had worked at the business for 45 years. The… …
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Discipline committee calls pharmacist’s sexual abuse of co-worker, who was also a patient, ‘reprehensible’ conduct
A discipline committee of the Ontario College of Pharmacists has found that a registered pharmacist engaged in sexual abuse of a colleague — who was also deemed his patient under …
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FeaturedSexual Harassment
‘Self-contradictory and arguably bizarre’: Ontario court strikes down discipline against pharmacist, citing issues with victim’s credibility
A ruling by the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Pharmacists has been mostly set aside after a court found the complainant’s evidence against a pharmacist to be “self-contradictory …
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Ontario’s Human Rights Tribunal has declined to hear a complaint from a man who said a Walmart pharmacist discriminated against him because he was black. The man filed a complaint …