An Ontario court has dismissed an appeal by two American companies seeking to have a fraudulent conveyance action against them thrown out, ruling that Ontario courts have jurisdiction to hear… …
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PREMIUM Veteran denied Critical Injury Benefit after sexual assault at mess dinner fails immediacy test
A female Canadian Armed Forces veteran has been denied a Critical Injury Benefit after a review panel found she did not meet the regulatory threshold for immediate severe impairment following… …
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YMCA of Greater Toronto ordered to produce performance data in pregnancy discrimination case
The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has ordered the YMCA of Greater Toronto to produce internal performance records in a disability and pregnancy discrimination case brought by a current employee …
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Worker who quit over forklift danger denied EI benefits after tribunal finds reasonable alternatives existed
A Quebec yard clerk who left his job following a dangerous workplace incident has been denied Employment Insurance benefits after the Social Security Tribunal of Canada found he had reasonable …
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Wrong court, wrong defendant, wrong act: Parole officer’s wrongful dismissal claim fails
A New Brunswick small claims adjudicator has dismissed a federal government worker’s wrongful dismissal claim, ruling the Small Claims Court of New Brunswick has no jurisdiction to hear disputes invol… …
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PREMIUM City of Kingston ordered to disclose total legal costs paid in employee dismissals
The City of Kingston must disclose the total amount it paid to lawyers and consultants in connection with employee dismissals over a six-year period, an adjudicator has ruled, finding the… …
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Norfolk County records on wrongful dismissal insurance claim excluded from freedom of information access
A former county employee who sued for wrongful dismissal cannot use Ontario’s freedom of information law to access records about the county’s insurance coverage for that claim, an adjudicator has …
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City of Stratford barred from releasing records tied to worker complaints under privacy law exclusion
A privacy adjudicator has dismissed an appeal by a member of the public seeking access to records behind a city’s decision to bar them from municipal property, ruling the documents …
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Court certifies migrant farmworker class action over hundreds of millions in EI premiums
An Ontario court has certified a class action lawsuit alleging the federal government collected hundreds of millions of dollars in Employment Insurance premiums from migrant farmworkers while systemat… Free Membership …
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Hungarian Consulate worker denied OHIP coverage after tribunal rules foreign mission not an Ontario employer
A temporary foreign worker employed by the Hungarian Consulate in Toronto has been denied Ontario health insurance coverage after a provincial tribunal found that her employer did not qualify as …