A British Columbia operations manager was fired on his first day back from medical leave, one week after his employer told him there would be no significant changes to his …
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PREMIUM Employer-paid Uber doesn’t make alleged sexual assault work-related: Tribunal
A catering manager at a B.C. sports venue who says a co-worker sexually assaulted her after a night of after-hours drinking with colleagues has been denied compensation for a mental… …
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PREMIUM B.C. employer cites ‘lack of work,’ not worker’s bizarre conduct, and loses reprisal case
A B.C. construction labourer cut off from work weeks after reporting safety concerns was the target of a prohibited reprisal, the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal has ruled. The tribunal reached… …
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Funding cuts led to job loss for B.C. manager at non-profit, not her bullying complaint
A British Columbia non-profit program manager who was let go about two and a half months after her bullying and harassment complaint was resolved lost her job because of funding …
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PREMIUM Firing at fast food joint in front of Elders was abusive, B.C. tribunal rules
A newly hired Indigenous project superintendent who was fired in a fast-food restaurant in front of Elders, hours after his manager refused his request to have a job site blessed,… …
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PREMIUM Price-tag, roof-work warnings sink grocery store night manager’s stress claim
A grocery store night manager in British Columbia has lost her bid for compensation for a work-related mental disorder after the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal found the performance warnings she… …
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BC tribunal dismisses mechanic’s disability complaint against Williams Machinery
A Kelowna heavy equipment mechanic’s human rights complaint against his former employer has been dismissed after the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal found the company met its duty to accommodat… …
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PREMIUM WorkSafeBC breached labour deal with unilateral return-to-office mandate: Arbitrator
WorkSafeBC breached its collective agreement with the Compensation Employees’ Union when it required thousands of bargaining unit employees to return to the office on a fixed weekly schedule without their… …
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PREMIUM WCAT denies border officer’s mental disorder compensation claim following encounter with armed, dangerous individual
A border services representative in British Columbia has lost his appeal for workers’ compensation for a mental disorder, after the province’s Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal found that his encounter with… …
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Division president’s bullying complaint rejected after resignation dispute
The Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal has dismissed a division president’s complaint that he was fired for reporting bullying and harassment, finding he did not hold a genuine safety concern and …


