Does Mental Illness Excuse Theft and Other Serious Employee Violations?
The “it wasn’t me, it was my mental illness” excuse for workplace misconduct rarely works “It wasn’t me; it was my mental illness.” That’s something employees are apt to say after […]
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Is There a Legal Duty to Protect Employees’ Mental Health? – Ask the Expert
Failure to furnish a psychologically safe workplace can lead to liability under many laws. QUESTION I want to implement a mental wellness policy at our company but need to convince the CFO […]
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How to Create a Mental Disability Accommodations Policy
Accommodating employee mental health issues is even more crucial in a pandemic world In any given week, at least 500,000 Canadians are unable to work due to mental health problems. And […]
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Mental Health & Mental Illness Accommodations Policy
ABC Company is committed to ensuring the health, safety and well-being of all of its employees. ABC Company also recognizes that mental health is a crucial factor in employees’ overall […]
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Harassed Worker Gets Workers Comp for Major Depressive Disorder, not PTSD
All agreed that a mechanical foreman was entitled to workers comp benefits for the mental disorders he developed as a result of being continually bullied and harassed at work. The […]
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Five Paid Sick Days Coming to B.C. Jan. 1
Paid sick leave will be standard for workers in British Columbia beginning Jan. 1, 2022, with a minimum of five paid sick days each year. B.C. becomes the first province in […]
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Stress at Work Special Report
The nature of work is changing at whirlwind speed. Perhaps now more than ever before, job stress poses a threat to the health of workers and, in turn, to the health […]
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Worker’s Mental Stress Caused by Employment Decisions, Not Harassment
A school carpenter claimed that bullying and harassment by his supervisor aggravated his preexisting Generalized Anxiety Disorder. But the BC workers comp tribunal denied him benefits, finding that while the […]
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Construction Worker Has Valid Claim for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Exactly what traumatic event the worker witnessed at a windmill erection site on November 4, 2013, is never specified but the Alberta workers comp appeals commission ruled that it was […]
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Court Quashes WSIAT Stress Decision and Allows Constructive Dismissal Case to Proceed
Historically, workers’ compensation law placed a highly restrictive definition on traumatic mental stress injuries, which meant as a practical matter very few stress claims would ever be allowed. However, successful […]
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Prevention – The New Frontier of Workforce Mental Health
Date: September 15, 2021 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM PDT Speaker: Dr Ryan Todd Click Here to watch the recorded webinar. Workplace mental health has undergone a paradigm shift in the past year. […]
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13 Ways to Battle Islamophobia in Canadian Workplaces
In January of 2017, an act of terror took the lives of six people at the Grand Mosque in Québec City and seriously injured 19 others. Their deaths were heartbreaking […]
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The 10 Most Important HR Compliance Cases of 2021 (So Far)
Key cases focused on COVID as well as drug testing, discrimination and other perennial HR issues. Halfway through 2021, courts across Canada have issued a number of extremely important case rulings […]
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How SkillTech is Revitalizing Frontline Employee Mental Health
SPEAKER: Dr. Ryan Todd CLICK HERE with to view this recorded webinar Experiences that live within the workday – empowering people to learn by doing – is a shift in thinking when […]
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July 28: Using Mediation for Conflict Resolution in the Workplace
RECORDED DATE: July 28, 2021 TIME: 9:00-10:30AM PDT SPEAKER: Heather Hettiarachchi, LLB MSc CPHR To access the recording of this webinar, please go here. As a member of OHS Insider, use discount code HRIVIP21 to watch […]
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The Fourth Wave of Safety: Training the Mind
Recorded Date: Oct 14, 2021 Time: 9:00-10:30AM PDT Speaker: Dr Ryan Todd Recording To access the recording of this webinar, please go here. Having lived through three full waves (!) of a pandemic, employers are […]
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Companies Investing more into Employee Benefits for Mental Health in 2021
Whether you have been isolated in a remote workspace or exhausted on the front-line, the Covid-19 pandemic has brought significant stress into the Canadian workforce. A shocking 50% of Canadians […]
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No Workers Comp Benefits for COVID-19 Mental Stress
In the midst of the COVID-19 outbreaks while everybody else was hunkering down at home, essential employees had to come to work and in many cases work extended hours. One […]
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Does Workers Comp Cover COVID-19 Mental Stress?
Being forced to work during the pandemic doesn’t qualify for mental stress benefits, says BC case. When this pandemic is finally over, we may find that the mental damage is just […]
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I’m Not Wearing Pants Today! Working-From-Home Activity Book
Welcome to the working-from-home activity book...because we all need a break from, well, work. We get it, working from home can be rough, like sand stuck in your shoes after […]
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Does Pandemic Fatigue Give Rise To A Duty To Accommodate?
Now that we have persevered through one year of the COVID-19 pandemic, much has been written about pandemic fatigue and associated social isolation, mental stress, and anxiety. Employers may be […]
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Return to the Workplace – A Toolkit for Heading Back to Work
Return to the workplace: A psychological toolkit for heading back to work is a guide to support the mental health of individuals as they plan safe transitions back into their […]
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How to Build Resilience in a Stress Epidemic
Last week, Dr. Ryan Todd, Psychologist and CEO of headversity joined us for our last webinar of the year. And what a year it has been. However, there were a […]
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Building Resilience in a Stress Epidemic
Date: December 16, 2020 Duration: 1hr Expert Speaker: Dr. Ryan Todd Download the Slides Below Read the Q&A's here About the Webinar There was tremendous need before COVID-19 to deal with benefits, programs, and culture changes […]
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How to Deal with COVID-19 Burnout at Work
Recorded Date: March 10, 2021 Time: 9am – 10:15am PST Speaker: Preston Parsons, Overholt Law Recording: To access the recording of this webinar, please go here. As a member of HR Insider, use discount code […]
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Workplace Stress Costs Calculation Worksheet
WORKSHEET TO CALCULATE THE COST OF WORK-RELATED STRESS: TURNOVER COSTS Use this worksheet to calculate the turnover costs of replacing stressed out employees Make no mistake. Workplace stress is costing Canadian companies […]
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Psychology of Return to Work
Date: July 15, 2020 Duration: 1 hour The Speaker: Dr. Karen MacNeill, Performance Psychologist Download the Slides below About the Webinar As workplaces continue to navigate the disruption produced by COVID-19, the attention has now […]
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“Are You Okay?” Addressing Employee Mental Health During Challenging Times
It's a stressful time: layoffs, terminations, mandated vacation time, unpaid leave, working from home alongside children and family members, or with no one at all – and all this amid […]
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