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Workers Compensation
Bill aims to protect temporary, vulnerable workers
Ontario to pass liability rules on temp agencies
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.
Big Brother’s Watching
Ontario’s workers’ compensation board is increasingly using covert surveillance to target injured workers with costly claims, legal experts say.
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,…
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…
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.
Human trafficking blitz condemned by sex workers
(Canadian OH&S News)
Ontario worker killed in hydro accident, five injured
(Canadian OH&S News)
Alberta politician attacks spud farmer safety practices
CALGARY (Canadian OH&S News)
