Fallout from unwanted office birthday party cost U.S. employer $450,000, but lessons are universal
Disciplining or terminating an employee after they disclose a mental health issue is ill-advised Workplace stress is a fact in every employee’s life. Put several strangers in a room for prolonged […]
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PRIDE Guide
June is PRIDE month, a time to celebrate all people of all genders and sexual orientations. PRIDE stands for ‘Promote Respect, Inclusion and Dignity for Everyone’. As an employer you […]
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Accommodation: What You Should Know In Less Than Two Minutes
You just received a request to accommodate childcare obligations, or to accommodate an injury. How do you respond? Do you need some form of accommodation and are unsure how to proceed? Whether you are […]
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Mental Health – Lets Talk About It
The increase of anxiety and depression has been directly linked to lower productivity and higher absenteeism in the workplace... Whether you have been isolated in a remote workspace or exhausted on […]
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Are You Prepared For An Incident Of Workplace Violence In Your Workplace?
Many of us were stunned to witness Will Smith slapping Chris Rock live on stage at the 2022 Oscars award show. Fallout from that incident is still continuing to mount […]
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A Review of Medical Surveillance In Occupational Health Programs
DATE: April 28, 2022 TIME: 11:00AM PT SPEAKER: Doug Trout Click Here to Register This session will provide an overview of several aspects of medical screening and surveillance as part of an Occupational Health […]
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Bill 19 Introduces Amendments to Personal Illness or Injury Leave
On March 28, 2022, British Columbia introduced Bill 19 - 2022, Employment Standards Amendment Act, 2022 (Bill 19) for first reading. Bill 19 addresses issues raised after the province’s Employment Standards Act (ESA) was […]
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How to Get More From Your Mental Health Training
Date: March 16 Time: 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM PST Speaker: Dr. Ryan Todd Attendees to this session will learn more about: Solving the reach problem – how to engage both corporate and […]
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Collective Bargaining In 2022
While truly an understatement, over the last two years society has undergone significant change. We have rising inflation. We have seen COVID-19’s transformational effects on public health, the economy and […]
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Harassment: Union Can’t Blame Harassing Behaviour on Employee’s Mental Disability
A nurse terminated for workplace harassment after nearly 20 years of employment claimed his behaviour was the product of a depressive disorder. But the Alberta arbitrator didn’t buy it and […]
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Pandemic Heightens Challenge Of Accommodating Employees With Mental Health Issues
In any given week, at least 500,000 Canadians are unable to work due to mental health problems. And those numbers come from a study published before the pandemic. The continuing […]
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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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An Employment Lawyer’s Guide to Leaning In on DEI
When a company’s HR or Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) department has a new idea for advancing diversity, one of the first things they do is reach out to their […]
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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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