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Workers Compensation
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Two years after farm safety bill passes, no regulations in place in Alberta
EDMONTON – More than two years after Alberta passed legislation with new safety rules for farms, Labour Minister Christina Gray says the province is still consulting and has no specific timeline to enact the regulations. “We want to work with…
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WestJet wants B.C. court to toss proposed class action that alleges harassment
VANCOUVER – WestJet says a proposed class-action lawsuit that accuses the company of failing to provide a harassment-free workplace for female employees is an abuse of process that should be thrown out of court. The Calgary-based airline argued in a…
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Ontario workplaces have become safer, claims annual WSIB report
Province maintains Canada’s lowest lost-time injury rate
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Correctional officers demand recognition of their unique, unsafe work environment
Union demonstrates at federal prisons nationwide
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Widow seeking inquiry into alleged toxic exposures at Manitoba smelter in 2008
Vale, government say employee’s death not work-related
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Fatal heart attack may have resulted from years of workplace bullying: WCB ruling
Widow of allegedly abused worker awarded benefits
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Getting Back on One’s Feet
Healthcare providers who treat injured workers with multiple injuries and complex illnesses find the workers’ compensation system and return-to-work (RTW) process “opaque and confusing.” Divergent views on the timing and appropriateness of RTW in these complex cases among healthcare providers…
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City of Edmonton launches review of workplace safety
DuPont to conduct review of people, processes and equipment
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Recognizing Mental Trauma
Two unions held a demonstration in Halifax on November 10 to express their support for a provincial bill that would allow presumptive coverage for first responders, correctional officers, nurses, social workers and several other types of professionals who have been…
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Government committee calls for research on PTSD in first responders
Report suggests new research institute
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Safety gear not used enough in Saskatchewan residential construction, says WCB
Fewer than half of workers using fall protection, head gear
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High increase in WCB claims from Alberta farming industry since last year
More than 350 farm workers received compensation this year
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Workplace safety association for Saskatchewan’s First Nations founded
New organization aims to make First Nations workers injury-free
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Supreme Court finds in favour of medical workers claiming workplace cancer
OTTAWA – The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled in favour of three British Columbia medical workers who argued they developed breast cancer as a result of their jobs. Katrina Hammer, Patricia Schmidt and Anne MacFarlane, who worked in a…
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Alberta media present skewed picture of workplace injury: report
Women’s injuries, occupational disease neglected in news reports
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Ex-workers taking hospital to Supreme Court over alleged cancer cluster
Cancer diagnoses date back to 1970: union lawyer
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Out of the Shadows
The passing of legislation presuming that post-traumatic stress disorder among Ontario’s first responders is work-related points to a growing recognition across Canada that occupational injuries are not just physical.
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Ontario passes presumptive PTSD law for first responders
WSIB must now presume that condition is job-related
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Fredericton mourns firefighter who had occupational cancer
Robert Berryman, 61, began firefighting career in 1978
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The Wait Is Over
The passing of Bill 6, or the Enhanced Protection for Farm and Ranch Workers Act, in Alberta’s legislature on December 10 has put an end to the province’s status as the only jurisdiction in Canada that exempted the agricultural sector…
