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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeatured
CN Rail ordered to reinstate worker fired over unsubstantiated threats linked to federal election, vaccinations
CN Rail has been ordered to reinstate a long-tenured worker it fired after he allegedly threated to hurt people during a conversation with a co-worker about the results of the …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeaturedRecommendedWorkplace Violence
Nova Scotia Labour Board upholds Boilermakers’ expulsion of apprentice who consumed 30 drinks, struck union official
A Nova Scotia union was justified in kicking a worker out of its apprenticeship training program and stripping him of his membership after he consumed more thank 30 alcoholic drinks …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeatured
Correctional Services of Canada’s firing of guard with history of tardiness, DUI charges upheld
The Federal Court of Appeal has rejected a former prison guard’s bid to overturn a decision by the Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board regarding his termination from …
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Arbitration/Labour Relations
Arbitrator rules on wages, shift premiums for University of Waterloo’s special constables and communications operators
An arbitration hearing held on Oct. 24, 2023, concluded with an award that delineates new wage structures and other provisions for Special Constables and Communications Operators at the University of …
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Constructive DismissalFeatured
Former Airways Transit VP awarded 25-months’ severance, $30,000 in punitive damages for constructive dismissal
An Ontario court has determined that a former vice-president at Airways Transit Service, who was laid off amid the COVID-19 pandemic and never reinstated, was constructively dismissed. The 53-year-ol… Free …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeatured
Principals’ meeting with teacher, where allegations were unveiled and home assignment announced, was not disciplinary: Arbitrator
An arbitrator has dismissed a preliminary motion filed by a teachers’ federation seeking to void the termination of a secondary school teacher in Ontario. The Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Feder… …
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FeaturedWrongful Dismissal
30-month notice period for former Avaya Canada worker upheld by Court of Appeal for Ontario
The Court of Appeal for Ontario has upheld a 30-month notice period for a professional engineer who was wrongfully terminated by Avaya Canada. Avaya had appealed the ruling, partially over …
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FeaturedWrongful Dismissal
‘Exceptional circumstances’: Ontario Court of Appeal upholds 27-month reasonable notice period for IBM worker
The Ontario Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by IBM Canada Inc., affirming a lower court’s decision in favour of an employee who filed a wrongful dismissal claim. The …
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FeaturedMental Health
Welder who said she was disciplined for taking mental health day has case dismissed by B.C. tribunal
A complaint of workplace discrimination based on mental disability and sex has been dismissed by the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal. The case involved AS, a former production welder for …