By Darryl Greer A Federal Court judge has dismissed an appeal by a “deeply religious” British Columbia health executive who said he was wrongfully denied employment insurance after being fired three…
An arbitrator has dismissed a grievance filed by the Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 1146, on behalf of a former Oxford County employee in Ontario who was terminated for…
A COVID-19 screener who claimed that repetitive use of industrial hand sanitizer pumps — as many as 600 times daily — contributed to the onset of a finger injury has…
The COVID-19 pandemic dealt a significant blow to Canada’s dental industry, with output dropping by 14.6% from 2019 to 2020, according to a recent study by Statistics Canada. This decrease,…
A pipefitter working in a remote Alberta camp has been awarded workers’ compensation benefits after the Appeals Commission for Alberta Workers’ Compensation ruled that he contracted COVID-19 as a result…
A woman who was fired after asking to work from home during the COVID-19 pandemic in an effort to protect her diabetic husband has been awarded more than $60,000 in…
The New York State Insurance Fund (NYSIF) has released a new resource to help employers better understand and support employees affected by Long COVID, a complex condition that can persist…
British Columbia will require all health-care workers in public facilities to disclose their immunization status for COVID-19, influenza, and other critical vaccine-preventable diseases. This mandate follows the end of the…
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is intensifying its efforts to recover overpayments from various COVID-19 benefit programs, including the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB), the Canada Recovery Benefit (CRB), and…
A sales rep who was terminated without cause because she needed accommodation to care for her cancer-stricken mother during the COVID-19 pandemic has been awarded more than $100,000 by the…
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