Workers' Compensation

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… …

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… …

A pit manager who was electrocuted while plugging in a shuffle machine at an Ontario casino has won entitlement to benefits for post-traumatic stress disorder and ongoing psychotraumatic disability, with… …

A personal support worker who slipped and fell on ice in her driveway while clearing snow from her car before driving to a client’s home is entitled to workers’ compensation… …

A British Columbia facility services worker was entitled to unreduced wage-loss benefits after the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal found the employer’s proposed return-to-work plan was unsuitabl… Free Membership Required To …

An Ontario aluminum manufacturer has been found to have breached its re-employment obligations under the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act after terminating a production technician who was off work following… …

An Alberta court has thrown out a $30-million lawsuit against the Workers’ Compensation Board, ruling the worker’s statement of claim was so lacking in factual detail that it could not… …

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… …

A Toronto-area transit bus operator will continue to receive workers’ compensation benefits for a work-related post-traumatic stress disorder that left him permanently unable to work near public transit vehicles, the… …

A British Columbia gas station worker’s wrongful dismissal claim against her employer and a co-worker has been partly diverted through the workers’ compensation system after the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal… …