A British Columbia window manufacturer has lost its appeal of a wage order after the Employment Standards Tribunal found the company failed to file within the required timeframe and offered …
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FeaturedImmigration
Temporary foreign worker awarded $23K after B.C. restaurant failed to co-operate with investigation
A British Columbia restaurant group that failed to co-operate with a wage complaint investigation has had its appeal dismissed, with the Employment Standards Tribunal confirming a $23,567.56 award in … …
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FeaturedImmigrationSmall Claims Court
Employer hit with $23K in temporary foreign worker violations can’t shop for better result at CRT
A B.C. employer who was ordered to pay a temporary foreign worker more than $23,000 in a provincial labour ruling cannot relitigate the same issues before the Civil Resolution Tribunal, …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsSubscriber Content
PREMIUM Alberta labour board rules Sobeys button ban didn’t breach union rights
The Alberta Labour Relations Board has dismissed a union complaint alleging that Sobeys violated labour legislation by banning employees from wearing campaign buttons in the workplace, finding the grocer’s actions… …
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FeaturedLegal Costs
Black Sands Farms ordered to pay 75% of opponent’s legal costs in wrongful dismissal fight
A Manitoba farmer who won a judgment of more than $858,000 against a farming company and its principal has also secured an enhanced cost award covering 75 per cent of …
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Subscriber ContentWrongful Dismissal
PREMIUM Eight workers win age discrimination suit after Ontario plant relocated without notice
Eight manufacturing workers have been awarded damages for wrongful dismissal and age discrimination after their employer closed a facility and relocated it more than 100 kilometres away without notice, the… …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeatured
Holiday Inn worker can’t revive discrimination claims settled at arbitration
A self-represented hotel worker has lost her bid to have two Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario decisions reconsidered, with the tribunal finding she was attempting to relitigate claims already settled …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsSubscriber Content
PREMIUM GFL’s without-cause firing before first contract still triggers arbitration: Saskatchewan arbitrator
A Saskatchewan arbitrator has ruled that a waste management company cannot strip a unionized worker of access to the grievance and arbitration process simply by choosing to terminate him without… …
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FeaturedWrongful Dismissal
OPSEU Pension Trust ordered to allow former head of HR to testify in wrongful dismissal case
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has granted a wrongful dismissal plaintiff the right to examine a former head of human resources at OPSEU Pension Trust, overcoming a non-disclosure agreement …
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The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal has dismissed a discrimination complaint against a Vancouver school district and one of its custodians, finding the complainant had no reasonable prospect of… Free …

