An Ontario lawyer’s bid to overturn his four-month licence suspension for sexually harassing two employees at his firm has been dismissed by the Law Society Tribunal’s appeal division. The lawyer, …
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Arbitrator rejects TMU bid to disqualify union’s co-counsel
An Ontario labour arbitrator has dismissed a motion by Toronto Metropolitan University seeking to bar two in-house lawyers with the Canadian Association of University Teachers from acting as co-counse… Free …
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A 65-year-old server and cashier who lost her job when a Calgary restaurant closed has been awarded damages for wrongful dismissal by the Alberta Court of Justice, after the court …
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The City of Burnaby did not violate provincial privacy law when it collected, used and disclosed a former employee’s medical information during an investigation into alleged disability benefits misrep… Free …
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A peace officer with the Town of Okotoks who complained that his employer improperly reviewed and used footage from his body-worn camera has had the complaint dismissed by Alberta’s Office …
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PREMIUM TTC ordered to end random drug and alcohol testing of transit employees
An arbitrator has ordered the Toronto Transit Commission to immediately stop randomly testing its safety-sensitive employees for drugs and alcohol, ruling the seven-year-old program violates both the Charter of Rights… …
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PREMIUM Toronto Transit Commission ordered to reinstate operator fired after drug test
The Toronto Transit Commission has been ordered to reinstate a subway operator it fired following a non-compliant random drug test, after a labour arbitrator found the testing violated the Ontario… …
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PREMIUM TTC bus driver’s firing over cannabis test overturned by arbitrator
A Toronto Transit Commission bus operator fired after a random drug test came back non-compliant for cannabis has been ordered reinstated with full compensation, after an Ontario labour arbitrator found… …
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PREMIUM Executive constructively dismissed after office lockout from family-owned cheese company
A longtime vice-president who was barred from his workplace and had his remote access cut off has been awarded $373,207.83 in damages by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice after… …
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PREMIUM Board upholds firing of JBS Food Canada worker who abandoned fire watch
A maintenance worker fired by JBS Food Canada after leaving his post as fire watch during welding work has lost a bid to have his dismissal overturned, with the Alberta… …


