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Workers Compensation
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
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.
