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Workers Compensation
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Montrealer’s fight for insurance benefits highlights dangers of social media: lawyers
MONTREAL – The case of a Montreal writer who said his insurance company refused to pay him disability benefits due in part to online postings is a reminder to people to watch what they put on the Internet, according to…
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B.C. lawsuit seeks damages after women secretly recorded in a work bathroom
VANCOUVER – The former operator of a wedding decor supply business in British Columbia is facing more legal action following his conviction for secretly recording two workers while they used the employee washroom. Andy Anthony Raddysh is named in two…
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Juror who spent five months at Ontario murder trial files lawsuit
An advocate for the rights of jurors has filed a lawsuit seeking damages from the federal and Ontario governments for post-traumatic stress disorder he developed during a lengthy murder trial. Mark Farrant spent five months as a juror at the…
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High Time
Everyone is talking about marijuana, as the recreational use of cannabis becomes legal in July. Even OHS Canada magazine is organizing a symposium on marijuana in the workplace on February 21 at the International Centre in Mississauga, Ontario to share…
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Judge rules RCMP don’t have to share records from ammonia leak in B.C.
FERNIE, B.C. – A judge says police do not have to turn over records that were seized during an investigation of a fatal ammonia leak at an ice rink in southeastern British Columbia. The City of Fernie asked the provincial…
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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