Category
Workers Compensation
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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…
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Lung cancer now an occupational disease for Ontario firefighters
WSIB claimants require a minimum of 15 years of service
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B.C. Place ordered to take actions on violence against staff
Vancouver stadium must comply with outstanding orders by Dec. 28
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Ontario may adjust partial workers’ comp benefits for inflation
All injured workers could receive full CPI adjustments in 2018
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Report accuses WSIB of interfering with medical professionals’ opinions
Board allegedly ignores diagnoses of injured workers’ doctors to cut costs
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Doctor suing WSIB and former employer over fraud claims
Brenda Steinnagel seeking more than $3 million in damages
