Stelco has been ordered to reinstate a worker it fired after an arbitrator ruled the company acted in bad faith and had no justification for discipline, let alone termination, in …
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Air Canada’s termination of worker who failed to disclose pre-existing chronic back pain during hiring process upheld at arbitration
Air Canada fired a station attendant — a position requiring heavy lifting — after he failed to disclose a pre-existing chronic back pain condition during the hiring process. Now, a …
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Canadian Blood Services Sudbury Plasma Centre settles on new collective agreement amid expansion
Canadian Blood Services’ Sudbury Plasma Centre and the Union have finalized a renewed collective agreement through the Hospital Labour Disputes Arbitration Act (“HLDAA”). This decision comes amid the healthcare organization’s …
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Peel Region ordered to hand over gender incumbency data to CUPE in pay equity dispute
The Regional Municipality of Peel in Ontario has been directed to hand over gender incumbency data to one of its unions in relation to pay equity grievances. The issue at …
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Quebec court to decide: Are online workers for foreign companies protected by local labour laws?
The scope of Quebec’s labour laws for remote workers is under scrutiny after a former employee, dismissed from her job, has been granted permission to appeal a Superior Court decision. …
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Wrongful dismissal case update: TTC allowed to amend statement of defence, claim for costs from plaintiff rejected by Ontario court
The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) has been given the green light by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice to amend its statement of defence in a wrongful dismissal action. Although …
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Court calls employer’s defence ‘scorched earth and bare-knuckle’ in awarding $830,000 in costs in wrongful dismissal case
PearTree Securities has been ordered to pay over $830,000 in costs to DD, a former employee who had claimed wrongful dismissal, by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. Justice Robert …
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Bank of Montreal exec loses appeal to amend wrongful dismissal claim to include unjust enrichment
A former senior executive of the Bank of Montreal who was terminated without cause had an appeal dismissed by the Ontario Division Court last week. The appeal stemmed from a …
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Employee’s human rights case against B.C.’s Ministry of Children and Family Development deferred amid workplace dispute
A complaint made by a unionized employee against the Ministry of Children and Family Development, alleging discrimination based on physical and mental disability and religion, has been deferred by the… …
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Secret tapes in the workplace: Dismissal of senior analyst over covert recording upheld on appeal
In a case that has put the spotlight on the ethical implications of secretly recording workplace conversations, a former senior financial analyst at Mercer Celgar Limited Partnership, a pulp and …