The Alberta Human Rights Tribunal has found that a Calgary physiotherapy clinic discriminated against a long-service contractor by delaying a medically necessary leave and accepting a hastily submitte… Free Membership …
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A Chinese national’s work permit and permanent residence applications have been sent back for redetermination after the Federal Court found immigration officers denied her procedural fairness by basin… Free Membership …
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AFL violated collective agreement with work assignment to seconded staffer: Arbitrator
The Alberta Federation of Labour breached its collective agreement with Unifor Local 445 by allowing a seconded employee to perform bargaining unit work beyond workplace organizing, an arbitrator has … …
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Nova Scotia care facility worker wins compensation appeal after fainting on night shift
A Nova Scotia workers’ compensation tribunal has ruled that a continuing care assistant who fainted during a night shift at a residential care facility is entitled to workers’ compensation benefits, …
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PREMIUM Positive urine test insufficient to prove cannabis impairment for railway worker: Arbitrator
An arbitrator has overturned a 30-day suspension and quashed mandatory drug testing imposed on a railway signal maintainer, ruling that a positive urinalysis for THC metabolites does not constitute proof… …
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Peel District School Board faces reprisal hearing over worker’s Record of Employment dispute
The Ontario Labour Relations Board has declined to dismiss a reprisal complaint against the Peel District School Board, finding that a former worker’s allegations — that the board refused to …
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OIPC orders Alberta School Employee Benefit Plan to disclose emails withheld as investigation records
An Alberta employee benefits organization must release emails it wrongly withheld from a disability claimant, an adjudicator with the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner has ruled, find… Free …
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PREMIUM AltaSteel worker reinstated after arbitrator rejects gross negligence finding in cold billet incident
A pulpit operator at an Edmonton steel mill who was fired after a cold billet entered the bar mill and caused significant equipment damage has been reinstated, with an arbitrator… …
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Alberta tribunal bars proposed expert from Indigenous discrimination case against Imperial Oil
The Alberta Human Rights Tribunal has refused to qualify a proposed expert witness in a systemic discrimination complaint filed by an Indigenous employee against Imperial Oil Limited, finding the acad… …
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In this episode of Coffee ’n’ Law, host Amy Davies is joined by Gabriella Agostinelli of Berardi Immigration Law to discuss what employers, HR professionals and travellers should know about …