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Where a workers compensation appeal challenges a tribunal’s weighing of conflicting medical evidence without identifying an extricable legal question, the appellate court applies the palpable and overriding error standard through the statutory real merits framework and does not reweigh the evidence. The Court dismissed the appeal without costs.
The Commission retains statutory responsibility for medical aid, but it must implement a WCAT decision according to the Tribunal’s case specific reasoning rather than mechanically treating an opioid policy ceiling as dispositive where the Tribunal found strict adherence inappropriate on the evidence. The formal disposition dismissed the appeal, upheld the WCAT decision, supplemented its reasons, and remitted implementation to the Commission to the extent opioid funding was being denied because of the policy ceiling.
The New Brunswick Court of Appeal set aside a $115,240 constructive dismissal award because the president's concealed work for a competing drilling business amounted to after acquired cause. It upheld repayment of US$70,000 and refused to rewrite the share register.
The Supreme Court found that the Legal Aid Services Commission constructively dismissed its executive director by placing him on an indefinite paid administrative suspension without adequate authority or justification. Damages were restored without deducting his pension benefits.
The New Brunswick Court of Appeal set aside a $115,240 constructive dismissal award because the president's concealed work for a competing drilling business amounted to after acquired cause. It upheld repayment of US$70,000 and refused to rewrite the share register.
New Brunswick's pay transparency rules ask employers to put a number in the posting. That's a legal change and a test of how they value a job.
The province says apprentices no longer pay the $85 weekly fee and estimates the average saving at $2,720. Other costs remain, and the government's workforce goals are not proven outcomes.
New Brunswick’s open review of its Pay Equity Act is examining an expanded approach that could reach private employers and the care sector. Input remains open until October 30.
New Brunswick employers have had to include pay information in new job postings and limit compensation history questions since Royal Assent on June 12, 2026. Reporting and reprisal provisions wait for proclamation.
The New Brunswick Court of Appeal held that the Commission had to implement a WCAT decision according to its case specific reasoning rather than mechanically applying an opioid policy ceiling.
The New Brunswick Court of Appeal dismissed a workers compensation appeal after finding that the challenge largely asked the Court to reweigh conflicting medical evidence.
New Brunswick's 2026 wage review runs from August 11 to October 9 and asks about more than the usual rate increase. It also raises the question of whether the minimum overtime formula should change.
Potter shows why an indefinite paid suspension without communicated reasons can fundamentally alter the employment bargain.
Adds a substantial job-protected leave entitlement relevant to disability and leave administration.
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