(CBC) Nova Scotia’s highest court says the Workers’ Compensation Board of Nova Scotia was correct when it decided there was no link between an appellant’s job and his injury after hurting his back performing a “religious cleansing ritual” at work.
In a decision released on Tuesday, the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal said that a filing submitted by Richard Tufts would be dismissed “without costs to any party.”
The issue dates back to 2020 when Tufts, who worked for GDI Services as a cleaner, was assigned to work at Alderney Gate in Dartmouth.
While on the job on Aug. 17, 2020, he went to a private bathroom to perform wudu, which involves washing different parts of the body in preparation for Muslim prayer, including the feet. Tufts slipped and fell onto the floor after he finished the ritual, injuring his back.
