Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
The BC Human Rights Tribunal in Vancouver has awarded $36,000 in damages to a worker who was subjected to discrimination based on her disability.
Blog Post #468 – Environment Found to be Toxic
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
A review of the pathology laboratory at the largest health authority in Newfoundland and Labrador labels the working environment toxic — not because of the materials being handled, but the presence of dysfunctional relationships.
Blog Post #399 – Laid-Off Pregnant Worker Granted Award
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
More than a year after it first heard the case, the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal has awarded about $26,000 to a British Columbia woman who argued her employer discriminated against her because she was pregnant.
Blog Post #381 – Farm Workers Have Right to Bargain
strong>Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine – January 2009
A landmark decision from the Court of Appeal for Ontario gives the province a year to table legislation to allow agricultural workers to bargain collectively.
In its ruling, the three-member panel unanimously declared Ontario’s Agricultural Employees Protection Act (AEPA) “unconstitutional” and “invalid,” ordering the provincial government to “provide agricultural workers with sufficient protections to enable them to exercise their right to bargain collectively.”