Former fire chief sues City of Vernon after job loss

Former fire chief sues City of Vernon after job loss

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B.C. Supremem Court
City of Vernon
Disability
Former Vernon Fire Chief Sues City
Keith Green
Lawsuit
News
Politics
Vernon
Vernon Fire Chief
Vernon Fire-Rescue Services
Workplace Injury
Feb 20, 2019

Vernon’s former fire chief has filed a lawsuit against the City alleging it terminated him without cause or notice and didn’t offer to accommodate his disability. Keith Green filed the lawsuit in B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver on Thursday. Green was relieved of his duties as fire chief last August. Later that month, the City[…]

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Research project on injured workers heading back to the job gets $1.4M funding boost

Research project on injured workers heading back to the job gets $1.4M funding boost

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Back To Work
Canada Research Chair on Occupational Health and Safety Law
Features
Health
hurt on the job
IAVGO
Injured Workers
Katherine Lippel
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Occupational Health and Safety
reintegration
Stigma
University of Ottawa
Workers Compensation
workers' comp
Workplace Injuries
Workplace Injury
Jan 23, 2019

Sang-Hun Mun came to Toronto from Korea in 2004 and began a carpentry apprenticeship. The following year, he fell off a roof onto the concrete ground below. “I broke my right foot…I got injured, my neck and shoulder and back,” he said. Mun still feels the effects of that injury today. He says he takes[…]

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