A worker who used her employer’s messaging platform to make disrespectful comments about the company’s owner and allegedly encourage time theft lost her job due to “misconduct” and is not …
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FeaturedOccupational Health & Safety
B.C. employer not required to pay additional lost wages after administrative leave: WCAT
The Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal (WCAT) has upheld a Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB) decision that the employer of a deceased worker is not liable for lost wages beyond those covered …
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In the spirit of fostering a Thirst for Knowledge (TFK), the Employment Lawyers Association of Ontario (ELAO) is excited to announce a pivotal event aimed at uniting the Ontario employment bar, including both …
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FeaturedOccupational Health & Safety
Alberta board dismisses employer’s untimely OHS appeal over asbestos-related compliance order
The Alberta Labour Relations Board has dismissed an appeal by Sherlock Environmental Services Ltd. against an Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) compliance order, ruling that the appeal was filed beyond …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeatured
Arbitration board awards wage increases, overtime changes at Ontario Health / Trillium Gift of Life Network
Arbitrator Daniel Randazzo has awarded wage increases and amended overtime provisions for employees of Ontario Health / Trillium Gift of Life Network (the Employer), following an interest arbitration with the …
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FeaturedPrivacy
Privacy commissioner orders Nunavut’s Department of Human Resources to release unredacted harassment reports
Nunavut’s Information and Privacy Commissioner, Graham Steele, has ruled that the Department of Human Resources (HR) improperly redacted workplace harassment investigation reports and recommended they be released to the complainant …
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Workplace News
Scaffolding company fined $350,000 following worker fatality at pulp mill near Peace River, Alta.
West Coast Scaffolding has been fined $350,000 after pleading guilty to a violation of Alberta’s Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Act in relation to a worker’s death in June 2022. …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeatured
Arbitrator orders reinstatement of tugboat deckhand terminated under abandonment clause
An arbitrator has reinstated a deckhand employed by Catherwood Towing Ltd. — a tugboat company in British Columbia — ruling that the company improperly terminated him under a deemed quit/abandonment …
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Employer LiabilityFeatured
B.C. Court of Appeal upholds $1.5 million defamation award against traffic control firm and its executives
The British Columbia Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by Valley Traffic Systems Inc. (VTS) and two of its executives, upholding a $1.5 million damages award for defamation against …
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Alberta’s government has introduced the Protection of Privacy Act, proposing to strengthen privacy safeguards for residents by updating legislation for the digital age and imposing some of the strictest penalties …