Category
Workers Compensation
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Comp board revises oh&s training
Newfoundland’s Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Commission announces revisions to safety training
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Police association calls for full workers’ compensation for officers
Newfoundland and Labrador police officers currently receive only 80 per cent of pre-injury net earnings, says Service NL
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Bill aims to protect temporary, vulnerable workers
Ontario to pass liability rules on temp agencies
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WCB sees drop in number of surcharged employers in Nova Scotia
(Canadian OH&S News) — Slightly fewer employers in Nova Scotia — 107, compared to 113 in 2014 — will receive a surcharge next year, the Workers’ Compensation Board of Nova Scotia (WCB) has announced.
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Big Brother’s Watching
Ontario’s workers’ compensation board is increasingly using covert surveillance to target injured workers with costly claims, legal experts say.
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RCMP in B.C. reviewing pipelayer death from 2012
(Canadian OH&S News) — The Oct. 11, 2012 death of a pipelayer in a Burnaby, British Columbia trench is now under review by the RCMP, following a past investigation by the province’s workplace safety and compensation agency,…
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Investigation ongoing into worker death at Suncor
(Canadian OH&S News) — Alberta’s Occupational Health and Safety division and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) are conducting investigations into the death of a Suncor worker. The employee, 27-year-old Shane Daye from Fort…
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Contest invites students to make safety videos
FEDERAL — Canada’s federal labour minister is promoting workplace safety to high school students with a national video contest.
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Human trafficking blitz condemned by sex workers
(Canadian OH&S News)
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Ontario worker killed in hydro accident, five injured
(Canadian OH&S News)
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Alberta politician attacks spud farmer safety practices
CALGARY (Canadian OH&S News)