A recent ruling by the Supreme Court of British Columbia has significant implications for minority shareholders who are also employees, as the court denied an application to liquidate Mitchell Press …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeatured
Arbitrator rules against Oxford County worker’s creed-based challenge to COVID-19 testing policy
An arbitrator has dismissed a grievance filed by the Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 1146, on behalf of a former Oxford County employee in Ontario who was terminated for …
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Occupational Health & SafetyWorkplace News
Two companies fined after worker struck, injured by ejection clamp in Saskatchewan
Two companies have been fined after a December 2022 workplace incident near Major, Sask., left a worker seriously injured. Strathcona Resources Ltd. and Steel View Energy & Industrial Services Ltd. …
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FeaturedMental HealthOccupational Health & Safety
Former meat department manager granted psychotraumatic disability benefits and loss-of-earnings after termination linked to injury
Ontario’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal (WSIAT) has ruled that a former meat department manager is entitled to psychotraumatic disability benefits, loss-of-earnings (LOE) benefits, and a work transition assessment …
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FeaturedOccupational Health & Safety
Worker who alleged he was fired for raising safety concerns following confrontation with colleague has appeal dismissed
The Manitoba Labour Board has dismissed an appeal by a former employee of L. Chabot Enterprises who alleged he was unjustly dismissed in retaliation for raising workplace safety concerns. The …
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FeaturedOccupational Health & Safety
COVID-19 screener awarded benefits for finger injury caused by repetitive use of industrial hand sanitizer pumps
A COVID-19 screener who claimed that repetitive use of industrial hand sanitizer pumps — as many as 600 times daily — contributed to the onset of a finger injury has …
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FeaturedOccupational Health & Safety
Traffic controller’s OHS complaint dismissed after he was placed on STD following work refusal in wake of Hurricane Fiona
The Nova Scotia Labour Board dismissed a discriminatory action complaint brought by an employee of the Department of Public Works on the grounds that it was filed outside the statutory …
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FeaturedWrongful Dismissal
Bookkeeper with three decades tenure awarded 18 months’ notice for wrongful dismissal by B.C. court
Hapnin Enterprises did not have just cause to terminate a long-standing employee, the B.C. Supreme Court has ruled — awarding her 18 months’ notice for wrongful dismissal after nearly three …
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FeaturedSexual Harassment
Tribunal dismisses sex discrimination and reprisal claims against Toronto’s One King West Hotel
The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has dismissed an application alleging sex discrimination, sexual harassment, and reprisal filed by a former maintenance technician against One King West Hotel Residence in …
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Sexual orientation complaint against Easy-Kleen Pressure Systems tossed by New Brunswick board
The New Brunswick Labour and Employment Board has dismissed a complaint of sexual orientation discrimination filed by a worker against his former employer, Easy-Kleen Pressure Systems Ltd., and a co-worker. …