A worker in Alberta who was fired after refusing to undergo a drug and alcohol test following a vehicle accident is not entitled to receive Employment Insurance (EI) benefits, the …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeaturedSexual Harassment
CUPE failed to properly represent hospital worker in North Bay, Ont., fired for sexual harassment: OLRB
The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) failed to adequately represent a former porter at a hospital in North Bay, Ont., after he was fired following allegations of sexual harassment, …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeaturedOccupational Health & Safety
Arbitrator sides with Air Canada in dispute over drug-testing a flight attendant’s hair sample
An arbitrator has sided with Air Canada in a dispute with a union over conducting a drug test using a hair sample from a flight attendant whose colleagues expressed concern …
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FeaturedWrongful Dismissal
Bulldog Energy didn’t have cause to fire worker who took company truck to bar, stayed for 5 hours: Board
Bulldog Energy Group Ltd. did not have just cause to fire a worker who used a company vehicle to visit a local bar, the Alberta Labour Relations Board has ruled. …
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The Nova Scotia Labour Board ordered Elmbrook Farms Ltd., operating as The Farmer’s Daughter Country Store, to pay a former employee a total of $3,904.73 for unpaid vacation pay, holiday …
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Littler, a global employment and labour law practice representing management, has added Shana French as a partner in its Toronto office. Her arrival comes as Stephen Shore, who joined Littler …
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Legal News
Toronto employment lawyer fined $5K by Law Society of Ontario for professional misconduct
The Law Society of Ontario has reprimanded and fined L.S., a Toronto-based employment lawyer, $5,000 for engaging in professional misconduct. The panel determined that the following allegation was established: Contrary …
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Constructive DismissalFeaturedOccupational Health & Safety
Mixed WSIAT ruling gives former Apple store manager green light to sue for constructive dismissal in Ontario court
A former Apple Canada store manager has been given the green light to sue the tech giant in court for constructive dismissal and related damages by Ontario’s Workplace Safety And …
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Featured
Indigenous teacher who claims white colleague threatened her over anti-racism work to get full hearing: Tribunal
A human rights complaint filed by an Indigenous teacher with the Vancouver School Board (VSB), who alleged she was threatened by a white co-worker in connection with her anti-racism work …
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Alberta’s government has announced the appointment of Justice Tracy Davis as the assistant chief justice in the Alberta Court of Justice in Calgary, effective July 2. This appointment fills a …