The Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed a judicial review application from a Purolator worker who was denied Employment Insurance benefits after being suspended for refusing to comply with the …
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PREMIUM Ontario court upholds jurisdiction over U.S. firms in fraudulent conveyance case
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PREMIUM Veteran denied Critical Injury Benefit after sexual assault at mess dinner fails immediacy test
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YMCA of Greater Toronto ordered to produce performance data in pregnancy discrimination case
The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has ordered the YMCA of Greater Toronto to produce internal performance records in a disability and pregnancy discrimination case brought by a current employee …
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Worker who quit over forklift danger denied EI benefits after tribunal finds reasonable alternatives existed
A Quebec yard clerk who left his job following a dangerous workplace incident has been denied Employment Insurance benefits after the Social Security Tribunal of Canada found he had reasonable …
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Wrong court, wrong defendant, wrong act: Parole officer’s wrongful dismissal claim fails
A New Brunswick small claims adjudicator has dismissed a federal government worker’s wrongful dismissal claim, ruling the Small Claims Court of New Brunswick has no jurisdiction to hear disputes invol… …
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PREMIUM City of Kingston ordered to disclose total legal costs paid in employee dismissals
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Norfolk County records on wrongful dismissal insurance claim excluded from freedom of information access
A former county employee who sued for wrongful dismissal cannot use Ontario’s freedom of information law to access records about the county’s insurance coverage for that claim, an adjudicator has …
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City of Stratford barred from releasing records tied to worker complaints under privacy law exclusion
A privacy adjudicator has dismissed an appeal by a member of the public seeking access to records behind a city’s decision to bar them from municipal property, ruling the documents …
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Court certifies migrant farmworker class action over hundreds of millions in EI premiums
An Ontario court has certified a class action lawsuit alleging the federal government collected hundreds of millions of dollars in Employment Insurance premiums from migrant farmworkers while systemat… Free Membership …