The Nova Scotia Labour Board has ordered plumbing and pipefitting workers to immediately return to work at a Halifax construction site after determining they participated in an illegal work stoppage. …
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PREMIUM Arbitrator orders virtual hearing after teacher with medical restrictions asks for accommodation
An arbitrator has ruled that a labour arbitration hearing must proceed virtually after a teacher with medical restrictions requested the accommodation, rejecting the school board’s argument that the case should… …
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Former Loblaws worker who stopped communicating with employer loses disability discrimination case
An Alberta human rights tribunal dismissed a disability discrimination complaint against Loblaws after finding a former employee failed to communicate with her employer for nearly two years following … Free …
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Alberta worker who sought leave to work on provincial election campaign loses duty of fair representation fight
The Alberta Labour Relations Board has dismissed a complaint from a school employee who alleged her union failed to fairly represent her during negotiations for leave to work on a …
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Nunavut’s Department of Education over-redacted employee records, privacy commissioner finds
A Nunavut education department employee who was told their probationary contract wouldn’t be renewed successfully challenged most of the redactions made to their employment records under the territory… Free Membership …
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PREMIUM Canadian Tire worker awarded $50K after sexual harassment, wrongful termination
A Toronto retail worker has been awarded nearly $50,000 after a Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario found she was sexually harassed by her supervisor and then fired in retaliation for… …
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B.C. court upholds order blocking Gate Gourmet from using out-of-province workers during Vancouver airport strike
The B.C. Court of Appeal has upheld a labour relations board order that prevented Gate Gourmet Canada Inc. from using workers at its Alberta and Ontario operations to perform catering …
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Court blocks attempt to examine RBC Dominion Securities CEO before substitution motion hearing
An Ontario court has refused to allow a wrongfully dismissed employee to examine a company CEO as a witness on the employer’s pending motion to substitute a different witness for …
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Tribunal dismisses post-employment sexual harassment claim involving recruiter with ‘malicious intent’
The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario dismissed a sexual harassment complaint after finding the applicant failed to establish a factual connection between alleged incidents and discrimination under the… Free Membership …
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PREMIUM Beer worker who said he ‘might as well retire’ during COVID layoff wins wrongful dismissal case
A British Columbia Supreme Court has ruled that an employee’s ambiguous comment about retirement during a pandemic layoff did not constitute a clear resignation, awarding him six months’ pay after… …