A Filipino licensed practical nurse who said her supervisor belittled her and her employer passed her over for leadership roles because of her race and bipolar disorder has lost her …
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A Calgary truck driver who used a friend’s company truck to make local contacts and build his own business was a contractor, not an employee, the Alberta Labour Relations Board …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsSubscriber Content
PREMIUM Stillbirth counts as death for CIPA Lumber bereavement leave: arbitrator
A mill worker whose wife delivered a stillborn daughter is entitled to three days of paid bereavement leave, an arbitrator has ruled. The arbitrator found that a stillbirth counts as… …
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Employment ContractsFeatured
Recording studio executive’s renegotiated contract sends lawsuit to arbitration
A recording studio executive who renegotiated his employment contract to secure a share of songwriting royalties must take his dispute with the company to arbitration, after the Ontario Superior Court… …
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Occupational Health & SafetySubscriber Content
PREMIUM Bell ended manager’s disability coverage before graduated return to work: Federal Court of Appeal
Bell Canada treated a manager on long-term disability leave as though she had recovered when it ended her employment and her disability coverage before a medically recommended graduated return to… …
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A registered nurse at a federal prison in Kingston, Ont., who learned five days in advance that his leave for his wife’s 50th birthday had been denied has won his …
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Sexual HarassmentSubscriber Content
PREMIUM Discount clothing store owner ordered to pay $40K after pressing new hire into sexual activity
A 23-year-old college student who was hired on the spot at an Etobicoke discount clothing store and pressured into sexual activity by the owner within hours has been awarded $40,000… …
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The former president and CEO of Alberta Health Services must return, destroy or delete privileged and confidential records she kept after her dismissal and planned to use in her wrongful-dismissal …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsOur Favourites
Only lawyer denied paid parking wins grievance against B.C. agency in Victoria
A Victoria lawyer who was the only counsel at the BC Family Maintenance Agency without employer-paid parking is entitled to a parking spot at the agency’s expense, a British Columbia …
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Occupational Health & SafetySubscriber Content
PREMIUM $300-million defamation claim over Workday safety note dismissed by B.C. court
A Workday quality assurance engineer who sought $300 million in damages over a manager’s note describing him as aggressive has had his defamation lawsuit dismissed by the Supreme Court of… …


