Nov 18 – To What Extent are Employees Barred From Pursuing Stress Claims in Court?
Date: November 18, 2021 Time: 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM PST Speaker: Ryan Conlin Register Here to register for this webinar. Historically, workers’ compensation law placed a highly restrictive definition on traumatic mental stress injuries, […]
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Ontario Court Shocker Opens Door to Harassment-Based Constructive Dismissal Claims
Workers comp doesn’t bar constructive dismissal for harassment, court says. Workers comp bars lawsuits against employers for work-related injuries; in exchange, workers get automatic coverage of work injuries regardless of who’s […]
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Employers’ Duty to Re-Employ Injured Workers: Know The Laws of Your Province
How long must you keep an injured worker’s job open for a potential return to work? The workers comp laws of all but 5 jurisdictions (Alberta, BC, Saskatchewan, Northwest Territories and […]
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Workers Compensation Claims for Adverse Reactions to COVID-19 Vaccine Possible
WorkSafeBC recently published its position on COVID-19 vaccinations, making it clear that workers compensation claims related to adverse vaccine reactions can be successful. Such reactions—either injury or death—would have to […]
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Do Employers Have to Re-Employ Injured Workers? – Ask The Expert
The human rights law duty to accommodate injured workers applies regardless of what workers comp requires. QUESTION Are we legally obligated to re-employ an injured worker returning from a work injury? ANSWER Yes, if […]
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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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Is It Discrimination to Make Injured Worker Undergo Additional Medical Assessment?
Medical assessment to ensure a safe return to work is not disability discrimination. SITUATION A worker with a work-related back injury undergoes a medical assessment before returning to modified light work in […]
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Unpaid Illness & Family Care Leave Rights Across Canada
Employees who contract COVID-19 or have family members that become infected or have to go into self-isolation are likely to invoke their employment standards rights to take a leave of […]
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B.C. Tables Legislation to Amend the Workers Compensation Act
On July 14, 2020, the British Columbia government introduced Bill 23 - 2020: Workers Compensation Amendment Act, 2020. Bill 23 responds to recent independent reviews of the workers compensation system […]
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What Are the 3 Primary Workers’ Compensation Claims?
Workers’ Compensation Handle Many Claims Of Which There Are Three Primary Ways Workers Get Injured. What Are They? Handling objects; discrimination; workplace violence. Slips, trips and falls; lockout, tagout; radiation. […]
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COVID-19 Relief Alphabet Soup
Just about every province has adopted some kind of COVID-19 relief program and this has created a kind of interesting alphabet soup of new programs. What's more, relief is being […]
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Waiver of COVID-19 Liability
Notice to all entrants and users if these facilities EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY - ASSUMPTION OF RISK. These conditions will affect your legal rights including the right to sue or claim […]
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Workers’ Compensation Handle Many Claims Of Which There Are Three Primary Ways Workers Get Injured. What Are They?
Workers' Compensation Handle Many Claims Of Which There Are Three Primary Ways Workers Get Injured. What Are They? Handling objects; discrimination; workplace violence. Slips, trips and falls; lockout, tagout; radiation. […]
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COVID-19 Game Plan
In the HR Insider’s Game Plan Book, You Will Receive Everything You Need to Know to Tackle the Current COVID-19 Pandemic Pandemic Plan Response and Business Continuity Measures Family and […]
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Compensation Solutions for a Bad Economy: Create Flexible but Enduring Plans
Date: April 23, 2020 The Panel of Experts: Ken Gibson, Senior Vice President of The VisionLink Advisory Group Download the Slides Below About the Webinar A Webinar for Business Leaders Seeking to Minimize the […]
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Employer’s Return-To-Work Duties
What each jurisdiction says employers must do to return injured employees to work
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The 12 Things You Need to Know about the Canada Emergency Relief Benefit
Help your employees get the CERB money they need to survive COVID-19 layoff. The EI safety net wasn’t built for the tidal wave of job losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. […]
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Compliance Alert: Why COVID-19 Work Refusals Will Be Hard to Justify
One of the key challenges HR directors are facing during this pandemic is how to deal with COVID-19 work refusals. We know from previous pandemics that fear of infectious illness […]
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Compliance Cheat Sheet: When Is It Safe for Workers with COVID-19 to Return to Work?
The light at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel is that more than 80% of victims recover and that preventive self-isolation and quarantine last only 14 days. Accordingly, there are […]
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Compliance Alert: The 14 COVID-19 Prevention Measures You Need to Be Implementing Right Now
If your work facility is still open and operating, you must ensure that all workers are protected against coronavirus exposure. OHS and public health officials have made that abundantly clear. […]
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BC Compliance Alert: New Unpaid Leaves for Employees Hit by COVID-19
On March 23, BC became the latest province to amend its employment standards laws to provide unpaid leave to employees affected by COVID-19. More precisely, newly enacted Bill 16 provides […]
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Compliance Briefing: Are You Allowed to Ask Sick Employees for a Doctor’s Note?
Asking employees who call in sick for a doctor's note is tricky business, especially during a pandemic. Bottom Line: You are allowed to request a doctor's note as long as […]
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Compliance Cheat Sheet: Maximum Work Hours & Minimum Rest Periods
You may need to require healthy employees to work longer hours to make up for staff shortages created by coronavirus. But in so doing, you'll need to be careful to […]
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Compliance Briefing: The 5 Things HR Needs to Know about Coronavirus & Workers’ Compensation
Among the challenges HR managers face in dealing with coronavirus, aka COVID-19, are employees' workers comp claims. Thanks to recent coronavirus guidance and previous outbreaks, we can get a pretty […]
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Workers’ Compensation Quiz
Workers’ compensation handle many claims of which there are three primary ways workers get injured. What are they? Handling objects; discrimination; workplace violence. Slips, trips and falls; lockout, tagout; radiation. […]
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Compliance Briefing: The 4 Kinds of Coronavirus Control Measures Required by Law
What's At Stake The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the coronavirus outbreak a global health emergency. Although most of the cases and deaths come from the city of Wuhan in […]
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Compliance Alert: The 12 Things HR Managers Need to Know about Coronavirus
The first thing you need to do to safeguard your workplace from coronavirus outbreak is go to school on the virus and current health situation. Because the COVID-19 virus is […]
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Exceptions To The Historic Compromise? Director Liability Under Provincial Workers’ Compensation Regimes Labour, Employment and Human Rights Bulletin
In Canada, workers have given up their right to sue their employer or fellow workers for workplace injuries, and employers agreed to fund a no-fault workers' compensation insurance system, in […]
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Coronavirus: Information Bulletin for Employers
As of today's date, January 28, 2020, more than 100 people have died from the Wuhan coronavirus – a novel (new) coronavirus – and more than 4,500 others have been […]
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Alberta Compliance Alert: Bill 26 Restores Farm Worker Employment Law Exemptions
In contrast to many provinces, Alberta has historically exempted farm and ranch workers from its employment and labour laws. But in 2016, Alberta's then Liberal government enacted a law called […]
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