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Workers Compensation
Alberta media present skewed picture of workplace injury: report
Women’s injuries, occupational disease neglected in news reports
Ex-workers taking hospital to Supreme Court over alleged cancer cluster
Cancer diagnoses date back to 1970: union lawyer

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.
Ontario passes presumptive PTSD law for first responders
WSIB must now presume that condition is job-related
Fredericton mourns firefighter who had occupational cancer
Robert Berryman, 61, began firefighting career in 1978
The Wait Is Over
The passing of Bill 6, or the Enhanced Protection…
Lung cancer now an occupational disease for Ontario firefighters
WSIB claimants require a minimum of 15 years of service
B.C. Place ordered to take actions on violence against staff
Vancouver stadium must comply with outstanding orders by Dec. 28
Ontario may adjust partial workers’ comp benefits for inflation
All injured workers could receive full CPI adjustments in 2018
Report accuses WSIB of interfering with medical professionals’ opinions
Board allegedly ignores diagnoses of injured workers’ doctors to cut costs
Doctor suing WSIB and former employer over fraud claims
Brenda Steinnagel seeking more than $3 million in damages
Study sheds light on union safety effect in construction sector
Unionized firms submit more claims but fewer lost-time ones: IWH

Ties that Bind
Your workplace has a health and safety program in place; the employees are well trained and aware of the hazards in the workplace. With an impressive safety record, employees can be proud of your commitment to safety. But what about the contractors that a company engages?
Alberta to adopt OHS protection for farmers
Agriculture Minister Oneil Carlier: “The time has come to make the change.”
Injured workers campaign for awareness with intercity bike tour
Tour joins the annual Injured Workers’ Day rally
Study: time-loss injuries may depend on work demands, premium rates
Line between no-time-loss injuries and time-loss injuries becoming blurrier
Alberta saw 25 farming fatalities in 2014: Chief Medical Examiner
Province needs safety legislation to prevent injuries, fatalities, says farm union
Sex worker groups question constitutionality of new legislation
Advocacy groups send open letter to attorney general
Comp board revises oh&s training
Newfoundland’s Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Commission announces revisions to safety training
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