A registered social worker who faked pregnancies and stillbirths to obtain support from 12 doulas has been reprimanded and has agreed to permanently resign, the Discipline Committee of the Ontario …
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Saskatchewan municipal administrator misses one-year deadline to sue, rules court of appeal
A Saskatchewan municipal administrator who was suspended without pay while on sick leave has lost her appeal of a decision striking her employment claim as time-barred, the Court of Appeal …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeatured
Niagara Region worker who ignored registered letter loses termination grievance
A Niagara Region biosolids operator whose employment ended after he ignored a registered letter asking for an update on his medical leave has lost his grievance, an Ontario labour arbitrator …
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A $100,000 settlement offer from Anglo American Exploration (Canada) was not reasonable because it included nothing for lost wages, the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal has found, allowing a for… …
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Saskatchewan commission blacked out worker’s own interview answers in employment records fight
Saskatchewan’s Public Service Commission should release portions of 11 pages it withheld from a worker’s request for employment records, including passages that captured the worker’s own words, the pr… Free …
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PREMIUM New contract offered nothing new, so severance cap fails for fired B.C. moulder technician
A moulder technician fired by Ivor Forest Products after nearly five years is entitled to six months’ pay in lieu of notice, the Supreme Court of British Columbia has ruled, …
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Vancity’s $1.2 million pension move doesn’t sink union’s lawsuit
The BC General Employees’ Union has been granted leave to add a claim for specific performance to its lawsuit against Vancouver City Savings Credit Union over a stalled joint pension …
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Newfoundland and Labrador miner fired after skipping 14-day rotation for Arizona trip
A scoop operator who took a five-week trip to Alberta and Arizona after his vacation request was denied has had his discharge upheld by a labour arbitrator in Newfoundland and …
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PREMIUM Drill operator with 16 years’ tenure reinstated despite cocaine test result
A drill operator dismissed from Iron Ore Company of Canada’s mine in Labrador City, N.L., has been reinstated after a labour arbitrator found the company lacked reasonable cause to order… …
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Tourism Calgary worker’s notice tied to 1997, not 1987, as court awards 27 months
A Tourism Calgary worker who spent 37 years with the organization before being terminated without cause is entitled to 27 months’ notice rather than the 36 months she sought, the …