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Showing posts with label WSIB. Show all posts
Showing posts with label WSIB. Show all posts
Sunday 18 November 2018

Employee Allowed to Sue for Sexual Harassment Five Years After Signing Full and Final Release

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Can an employee sue her former supervisor for sexual harassment if she has signed a Full and Final Release in favour of her former employ...
Monday 12 November 2018

No Right to Sue Employer for Sexual Assault by Co-Worker: WSIAT

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Can an employee sue her employer if she is sexually assaulted at work by a co-worker? In a decision by the Ontario Workplace Safety and ...
Friday 16 February 2018

Workplace Harassment “Arises From” but does not “Relate To” Employment

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Does workplace harassment simply “arise from and in the course of” an employee’s employment, or does it actually “relate to” that employme...
Friday 5 January 2018

Workers Now Eligible for WSIB Benefits for Chronic Mental Stress and Workplace Harassment

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On May 17, 2017, the Stronger, Healthier Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2017 , S.O. 2017 C.8 , formerly Bill 127, received Royal Assent. ...
Sunday 19 March 2017

Is a legal ban on requiring high heeled shoes in the workplace inevitable?

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(c) istock/grinvalds Is a legal ban on requiring high heeled shoes in the workplace inevitable? Probably. On March 8, 2017, Dr. Andrew ...
Friday 1 April 2016

Employers Cannot Contract Out of Liability for Workplace Accidents

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Can an employee contractually waive his right to sue his employer if he gets injured as a result of a workplace accident? That is to say,...
Sunday 24 January 2016

Workplace Accommodation is a Two-Way Street... on which Employees can get Run Over

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Employees who become injured either at work or as a result of their workplace are especially vulnerable to losing their employment. This ...
Saturday 13 June 2015

Are Workers, Locally Engaged by the Government of Canada, "Entitled" to Workers Compensation Benefits?

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Are locally engaged employees of the Consulate General of Canada in Boston (i.e. those hired by the Canadian Government to work in the con...
Saturday 3 January 2015

Court Says Age Limit on Receipt of WSIB Loss of Earnings Benefits is Constitutional

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Is the limit on the receipt of WSIB loss of earnings benefits unconstitutional because is discriminates on the basis of age? According to...
Monday 9 June 2014

WSIAT Says Prohibition Against Mental Stress Claims is Unconstitutional

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In a decision that is sure to be relied upon, scrutinized and judicially reviewed, the Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Trib...
Sunday 13 October 2013

If A Worker Falls in the Forest and No One is Around to See It, Does He Still Get WSIB Benefits?

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What happens when an Ontario worker, covered by Ontario's workers' compensation program, gets hurt at work, but no one is around to...
Saturday 23 March 2013

Privacy Rights and the WSIB

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Can an employer of a worker receiving WSIB benefits obtain access to that worker's personal information and medical records? In a...
Sunday 11 November 2012

Claims to the WSIB for Mental Stress and Workplace Harassment

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Can an Ontario worker make a claim to the Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) for benefits when the cause of injury is me...
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Tuesday 19 June 2012

Deducting WSIB from Wrongful Dismissal

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One of the joys of being a “lawyer for the suddenly unemployed” is that one gets to work in the field of overlapping insurance policies and ...
Sunday 3 June 2012

Park Your Case Elsewhere

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Is an employee who falls in the parking lot of the mall in which she works entitled to Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) benefi...