The Ontario Labour Relations Board has ordered the production of a worker’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) claim file in a case involving workplace and sexual harassment allegations again… …
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FeaturedOccupational Health & Safety
Human right tribunal allows discrimination, reprisal complaint against DECAST to proceed
The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has ruled that a former worker’s discrimination and reprisal complaint against DECAST can proceed, rejecting the employer’s argument that the matter was already de… …
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Constructive DismissalFeaturedOccupational Health & SafetyWrongful Dismissal
Employer cannot use safety legislation to shield itself from constructive dismissal, Ontario tribunal finds
A worker’s claim for constructive wrongful dismissal can proceed in civil court despite her former employer’s argument that workplace safety legislation bars the action, the Workplace Safety and Insur… Free …
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FeaturedOccupational Health & SafetyProfessional Misconduct
Complaint against Ontario doctor over his opinion in workplace injury case dismissed
The Health Professions Appeal and Review Board has upheld a decision by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario to take no further action on a complaint against a …
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The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has dismissed a complaint from a former Thunder Bay police officer who alleged racial harassment and discrimination over the service’s grooming policy and workplac… …
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The Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal in British Columbia has upheld a decision that a worker’s permanent psychological impairment amounts to 40 per cent of total disability, rejecting his appeal … …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeatured
Arbitrator dismisses OPP grievances over holiday and vacation credit deductions for WSIB recipients
An arbitrator has dismissed two policy grievances filed by the Ontario Provincial Police Association challenging how statutory holiday and vacation credits are deducted when officers receiving workpla… Free Membership Required …
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FeaturedMental Health
Worker denied compensation for mental stress linked to husband’s workplace misconduct allegations
A New Brunswick worker’s claim for traumatic mental stress compensation was denied after a tribunal found her psychological injury stemmed from allegations of misconduct against her husband rather tha… Free …
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A disabled worker’s human rights complaint against automotive parts manufacturer Magna was dismissed by the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario after the tribunal found the application was filed too late… …
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FeaturedOccupational Health & Safety
Alberta employer denied cost relief despite claims worker with finger injury misrepresented fitness
An Alberta employer has been denied cost relief from workers’ compensation costs after a worker suffered a crush injury to his finger, despite the company’s arguments that the employee misrepresented …