By Sophie Mongeon To be eligible for a disability pension from Retraite Québec, you must demonstrate that your disability is severe and permanent. Often, we find that disability requests are refused, since treatments could still improve one’s condition. For example, for a diagnosis of fibromyalgia, Retraite Québec doctors will suggest follow-ups at the pain clinic…
By Sophie Mongeon You can get a refund for the meal expenses incurred while travelling? In a recent decision, a worker was reimbursed for the purchase of pints of milk since, when travelling to attend his medical appointments, he consumed at least one pint of milk as a meal replacement. Obviously, the CNESST had initially…
By Stéphanie Hazan If your insurance company terminates your disability benefits after 24 months because your medical condition no longer meets the definition of total disability provided for in your contract, what is your burden of proof? At this point, your burden is limited to establishing in a sufficiently convincing manner, with medical evidence to…
By Sophie Mongeon Do you receive benefits from the SAAQ or the CNESST and you are tired of advancing the money for the payment of your authorized medication? Please note that the pharmacy can now be reimbursed directly through these organizations. You simply need to give your pharmacist your CNESST or SAAQ file number so…
Léa Bacon In the judgment M … M … c. SAAQ, after being struck by a motor vehicle, the applicant retains significant sequelae in the knee limiting him in his daily activities. While he used to be very active, he now spends whole days in front of the television, he no longer shows spontaneity and…
By Sophie Mongeon A recent decision, CNESST v. Automobiles Popular Inc. (2019 QC CQ 206) has confirmed that a worker can get commissions paid on negotiated offers to purchase prior to termination, especially when the basic monthly salary is minimal and commission pay is a real way for the employee to benefit from the fruits…
By Sophie Mongeon Can the CNESST reimburse expenses related to dental treatments for cavities? Of course! In the decision Roy et Plastimum, the Tribunal administratif du travail had to rule on this matter. The worker had suffered from a work accident, due to which she had sacroiliac dysfunction. She suffered a lot, thus we prescribed…
Par Sophie Mongeon Are there specialized occupational and environmental medicine clinics? In the context of our work, we are finding that more and more workers have problems with rhinitis, sinusitis, etc., which are due to exposure to environmental factors in the course of their work, whether by mould or by products such as asbestos or…
By Sophie Mongeon Even if there is a corporate policy to that effect, an employee is not required to report a colleague who, for example, frequently arrives late, steals money from petty cash or uses drugs in the workplace. Such an obligation would run counter to an important principle recognized by the Quebec legal system:…
By Sophie Mongeon Indeed, a person who believes that he or she is the victim of psychological harassment can make a disclosure to the CNESST to stop this behaviour. Here are some criteria for psychological harassment: Vexatious conduct, which is humiliating, offensive and abusive. It must be repeated, but only one serious event can be…