An arbitrator has ruled that Canadian Pacific Kansas City Railway violated its collective agreement by hiring retired union members as non-union fixed-term employees to perform the same work they did …
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A former PhD student who spent nine years at the University of Ottawa without completing his degree has lost his $1.7-million lawsuit against the university, his supervisor and a former …
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Employment ContractsSubscriber Content
PREMIUM Sales rep wins $61,000 commission fight after company fails to get written consent for policy changes
A former sales executive has won her fight for unpaid commissions after an Ontario court ruled her employer could not unilaterally change her compensation structure without written consent, even when… …
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FeaturedMental Health
EI benefit period extended for mother with PTSD after traumatic events during parental leave
A mother who developed post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) during her parental leave won her appeal to extend her Employment Insurance benefit period, allowing her to receive sickness benefits on to… …
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FeaturedWrongful Dismissal
Court dismisses fired First Nation lawyer’s premature challenge to unjust dismissal ruling
A Federal Court judge has dismissed a former First Nation general counsel’s attempt to challenge an adjudicator’s decision before the employment dispute process was complete, citing the importance of … …
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Employer-provided housing subject to Nunavut’s tenancy laws despite Ottawa’s immunity claim
A federal government department cannot claim immunity from Nunavut’s residential tenancy laws when providing housing to employees, the territory’s court has ruled in a case involving a former public s… …
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Employment ContractsPrivacySubscriber Content
PREMIUM Strata corporation in B.C. ordered to release employee contracts despite privacy concerns
A British Columbia strata corporation must provide copies of non-union employment contracts to a unit owner after wrongly refusing the request on privacy grounds, the Civil Resolution Tribunal has ruled.… …
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PREMIUM Patient awarded workplace-related damages after emergency doctor failed to follow up on radiologist’s cancer warning
A British Columbia emergency physician has been found liable for failing to contact a patient about a radiologist’s report that flagged a potentially concerning nodule on a chest X-ray, leading… …
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The Public Service Alliance of Canada has lost its bid to force the federal government to turn over additional documents in its legal challenge of new hybrid work rules that …
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FeaturedOccupational Health & Safety
Excavation company wins appeal over crane safety violation in Nova Scotia
An excavation contractor successfully overturned a compliance order and administrative penalty after Nova Scotia’s Labour Board found insufficient evidence that digging near a tower crane created safe… Free Membership Required …


