The court’s decision could have significant implications on injured workers across Canada, setting a higher standard for the lengths employers must go to find a suitable role for injured employees after a workplace accident. Employers have a human rights obligation to reasonably accommodate injured employees after an accident, the Supreme Court has ruled in a decision that could have significant implications across the country — particularly for migrant and temporary agency workers. “They’ve got no realistic forum for the defence of their human rights except through WSIB,” she added. Hamilton’s Karl Crevar, who has been an advocate for injured workers since a workplace accident in 1987, served as an intervener in the Caron case. “If some cases have to go to the Supreme Court to get a final decision, that’s outrageous,” he said.

Source: thestar February 18, 2018 21:45 UTC