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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
DID YOU KNOW THAT…THE TRIBUNAL MAY CONSIDER CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE TO ACCEPT AN ADJUSTMENT DISORDER DIAGNOSIS?
Léa Bacon In the judgment M … M … c. SAAQ, after being struck by a motor vehicle, the applicant retains significant sequelae in the…
DID YOU KNOW THAT YOU MAY RECEIVE COMMISSION PAYMENTS EVEN IF YOU ARE NO LONGER EMPLOYED?
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…
DID YOU KNOW THAT THE CNESST CAN PAY FOR DENTAL EXPENSES?
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…
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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…
DID YOU KNOW THAT AN EMPLOYER CANNOT COMPEL AN EMPLOYEE TO REPORT A FAULT COMMITTED BY A CO-WORKER IN A WORK CONTEXT?
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,…
DID YOU KNOW THAT YOU COULD REPORT PSYCHOLOGICAL HARASSMENT TO THE CNESST?
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…
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By Sophie Mongeon You are a victim of a work accident or a car accident, do you have to report the event to your group…
DID YOU KNOW THAT A NEW JUDGMENT HAS JUST BEEN MADE BY THE SUPERIOR COURT, TRIBUNAL ADMINISTRATIF DU QUÉBEC (2019 QCCS 1228)
By Sophie Mongeon These were parents suing the Auto Insurance Company, saying they had been at the scene of the accident and had to identify…
DID YOU KNOW THAT YOU COULD BE RECOGNIZED FOR MORE THAN A 2.2% PERMANENT INJURY FOR A BACK STRAIN?
By Sophie Mongeon Remember that the compensation schedule for personal injury at the CNESST level has not been changed since 1985. A lumbar sprain is…
DID YOU KNOW THAT A DIAGNOSIS OF A LUMBAR SPRAIN CAN BE FAIRLY ACCURATE?
By Sophie Mongeon You have suffered a back sprain and are being invoked as having degenerative disc disease and/or spinal stenosis. How do we protect…
DID YOU KNOW THAT THE SUPERIOR COURT HAS JUST PRONOUCED A DECISION : DION v. ADMINISTRATIVE COURT (2019 QCCS 1027) where it granted an application for judicial review, given that the Administrative Labour Court had refused a complaint of provocation at the psychological level, based on the fact that a claim for physical relapse was denied?
By Sophie Mongeon These are two separate injuries that deserve separate assessment. It is not enough to simply claim that there are other possible causes…
DID YOU KNOW THAT IT IS NOW POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO HAVE ACCESS TO YOUR COMPENSATION FILE ONLINE?
The CNESST has indeed just introduced this new service, which is a great innovation. By using the online service ‘’Mon espace en ligne’’, you can…
DID YOU KNOW THAT THE CNESST HAS AN OBLIGATION TO REIMBURSE TREATMENTS, ACCORDING TO THE ARTICLE 189 OF THE LATMP, EVEN IF THIS TREATMENT IS NOT RECOGNIZED BY THE RAMQ?
In the decision Nguyen and Federal Express Canada, the CNESST was constrained to reimburse platelet-rich plasma injections. The RAMQ refuses to recognize this treatment because…
DID YOU KNOW THAT IF YOU ARE A VICTIM OF A WORK ACCIDENT AND AS A RESULT OF USING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, YOU SUFFER FROM OTHER PROBLEMS, YOU COULD BE COMPENSATED?
In the case Langlais vs. Sintra Inc., the worker had suffered an employment injury to his right knee. Unfortunately, he had to walk with a…
DID YOU KNOW THAT AN ORPHAN’S PENSION ASSUMED BY RETRAITE QUEBEC CAN BE PAID FOLLOWING A BIOLOGICAL FATHER’S DEATH?
As a matter of fact, the Act respecting the Québec Pension Plan establishes that an orphan’s pension may be payable as of the month following…
DID YOU KNOW THAT THE TRIBUNAL ADMINISTRATIF DU TRAVAIL JUST RENDERED A GOOD DECISION CONCERNING WORK CAPACITY IN DECEMBER 2018?
Normally, the CNESST determines a full-time work capacity, exceptionally a part-time capacity, or employability. In the decision L’Heureux et Commission scolaire de Montréal, a teacher…
DO YOU KNOW WHAT’S POSSIBLE IF YOU HURT YOURSELF TRYING TO TREAT YOURSELF?
By Sophie Mongeon Here is a fine ruling on this issue, which was handed down on August 14, 2018, in the case of Anctil and…
DID YOU KNOW THAT YOU CAN ORDER YOUR COMPLETE SAAQ COMPENSATION FILE ONLINE, FREE OF CHARGE?
By Sophie Mongeon, attorney-at-law Just click on the following link: https://saaq.gouv.qc.ca/en/traffic-accident/copy-compensation-file/ Indeed, if you are a victim of a road accident and you want to know what…
DID YOU KNOW THAT… THE SAAQ MAY HAVE TO REIMBURSE THE FEES RELATED TO CERTAIN TYPES OF WHEEL CHAIRS?
By David Brisebois, paralegal It can be hard to differentiate what is reimbursable and what is not by the SAAQ when it comes to medication…
DID YOU KNOW… FLYING OUT OF THE COUNTRY FOR A WHILE? WHAT TO DO WITH YOUR CNESST FILE?
By Sophie Mongeon, attorney-at-law In the difficult times around a work accident, some workers would like to go back to their country for a while…
DID YOU KNOW… FIBROMYALGIA: CAN IT BE RECOGNIZED BY THE SAAQ OR THE CNESST?
By Marie-Lissa Grenier, paralegal While it can be easy to demonstrate that you suffered from a broken leg or from a herniated disc after an…
ARTICLE 32: AN UNKNOWN PROTECTION!
By Marie-France Chayer, legal services coordinator The majority of workers knows to turn to the CNESST when they have a work accident, or suffer from…
DID YOU KNOW… VIDEO SURVEILLANCE AND INVESTIGATIONS BY THE SAAQ, CNESST, OR EMPLOYERS; WHERE DO WE DRAW THE LINE?
By Marie-Lissa Grenier, paralegal Who has never heard a story where an injured worker, receiving compensation from the CNESST, gets caught playing volleyball, doing renovations…
DID YOU KNOW… YOU COULD BE ENTITLED TO PERSONAL HOME ASSISTANCE?
By Marie-Eve Charbonneau, paralegal If you were a victim of a road accident, you could be receiving a bi-monthly amount to allow you to pay…
DID YOU KNOW… MEDICINAL MARIJUANA – A HOT TOPIC!
By Marie-France Chayer, legal services coordinator Whether it be after a work-related injury or a car accident, chances are medication will be prescribed in conjunction…
DID YOU KNOW THAT WHEN ONE OF YOUR LOWER OR UPPER LIMBS IS INJURED, YOU MOST LIKELY ARE COMPENSATING WITH THE OPPOSITE ARM OR LEG?
By Sophie Mongeon, attorney-at-law During the convalescence period, the victim of a car or work-related accident instinctively avoids using the injured limb to protect it.…
DID YOU KNOW THAT YOUR FACEBOOK ACCOUNT CAN BE USED AGAINST YOU?
By Me Sophie Mongeon, attorney-at-law Nowadays, Facebook is one of the most vastly used social medias. With over 1.71 billion users, it allows people to…