A British Columbia company that operated a small café has lost its appeal of two $500 administrative penalties after failing to provide payroll records and compensation for length of service …
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Tribunal denies appeal in remote work refusal case, upholds EI disqualification for misconduct
A worker who refused her employer’s directive to return to the office at least one day per week has been denied Employment Insurance benefits after the Social Security Tribunal of …
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Worker fired for $180 copper theft entitled to keep disability benefits for chainsaw injury: Tribunal
An Alberta worker terminated for stealing copper pipe worth $180 remains entitled to temporary total disability benefits because the theft did not meet the legal threshold for “egregious conduct,” the… …
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The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has denied a hotel worker’s request to amend her seven-year-old discrimination application to add new reprisal allegations and name her union as a respondent, …
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🔒Sobeys fires 33-year meat cutter for using racial and homophobic slurs in workplace
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An independent human rights board of inquiry will begin hearing a discrimination case against Irving Shipbuilding Inc. on Feb. 3 in Halifax. David Ladouceur alleges the company discriminated against h… …
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Alberta labour board dismisses prof’s duty of fair representation complaint as abuse of process
An Alberta sessional lecturer’s duty of fair representation complaint was dismissed as an abuse of process after she filed grievances over issues the labour board had already ruled on, the …
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The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has dismissed a discrimination complaint from a job applicant who was rejected for three positions with Rogers Blue Jays Baseball Partnership, finding one allegati… …
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B.C. tribunal rules student newspaper editor was dependent contractor, awards notice damages
A British Columbia tribunal has ordered a student newspaper to pay $2,100 in notice damages to a managing editor it terminated without cause, finding the worker was a dependent contractor …
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Alberta court dismisses employer’s appeal in wrongful dismissal case over duplicate filings
An Alberta court has dismissed an employer’s appeal to strike out a wrongful dismissal lawsuit, ruling that briefly overlapping court filings did not constitute an abuse of process. The Court …