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Slaw: Should workers’ compensation pay for injured worker’s medical marijuana?
A recent Saskatchewan Court of Queen’s Bench decided that an injured worker should have his case heard on its merit to determine if his medical marijuana should be paid for by workers’ compensation.
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Quebec’s age-based workers’ compensation rule is discriminatory
A Quebec workers’ compensation tribunal has ruled that reducing injured workers’ income replacement benefits at the retirement age of 65 is unconstitutional because it discriminates on the basis of age, contrary to both the Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms (section 10) and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (section 15).
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Expanded citizen's arrest law and the Canadian workplace
Hi Corey, There are a number of legal considerations and precedents on citizen's arrest that need to be navigated and this is not the forum... – Jun 05, 4:21 PM
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CIC announces proposed changes to the definition of 'dependent children'
I hope and pray that immigration officials should consider the situation of live- in caregivers who are already here before January 1, 2014 but who... – May 30, 4:29 PM
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Court of Appeal hints that right to strike may be protected by the Constitution
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