An Alberta worker who introduced fabricated documents during a wrongful dismissal trial has been ordered to pay his former employer more than $492,000 in costs, after the Court of King’s… …
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A Black worker who alleged racial discrimination and wrongful termination by an Alberta insurance company has had his human rights complaint dismissed after a tribunal found he unreasonably rejected a… …
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An Alberta labour tribunal has found that a temporary foreign worker brought to Canada to serve as an office administrator was an employee throughout his entire engagement — and never …
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A British Columbia health-care worker has been found guilty of sexually assaulting three female colleagues during an evacuation deployment to Vancouver, in a ruling issued by the Provincial Court of …
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FeaturedOccupational Health & Safety
Injured B.C. worker wins wage benefits despite duty-to-cooperate suspension
A British Columbia facility services worker was entitled to unreduced wage-loss benefits after the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal found the employer’s proposed return-to-work plan was unsuitabl… Free Membership Required To …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeatured
Unionized manufacturing worker wins reinstatement after termination ruled untimely
A manufacturer of retail store fixtures in Ontario lost its termination case against a unionized worker not because it lacked reasons to fire him — but because it waited too …
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Constructive DismissalSubscriber Content
PREMIUM Server at high-end Vancouver steakhouse wins $90K after forced resignation
A B.C. Supreme Court has awarded a Vancouver restaurant server more than $90,000 after finding he was constructively dismissed when management pressured him to resign on his way to the… …
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Subscriber ContentWrongful Dismissal
PREMIUM Lower-paying replacement work still counts toward mitigation, Ontario Court of Appeal rules
The Court of Appeal for Ontario has partly allowed an appeal by Brandt Tractor, reducing a wrongful dismissal damages award after finding the trial judge wrongly refused to deduct the… …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeatured
Ontario court upholds dismissal of teacher’s repeat labour board complaint
A Catholic school teacher’s bid to challenge a labour board ruling that blocked his workplace reprisal complaint has failed after Ontario’s Divisional Court found the board acted reasonably and fairly… …
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A probationary teacher who resigned rather than comply with her school’s COVID-19 vaccination policy failed to show her anxiety disorder actually prevented her from getting the shot, the Court of …

