By Brendan Burke | Peterborough Examiner Peterborough County-City Paramedics is employing a zero-tolerance approach to violence against first responders after both a paramedic and a police officer were assaulted over the …
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Responses to a workplace sexual harassment awareness ad campaign in Saskatchewan continues to fuel the problem, says program co-ordinator
By Bailey Sutherland | Prince Albert Daily Herald An advertising campaign for The Shift Project, which offers four hours of free legal advice or information to anyone who has experienced sexual harassment at a …
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Workplace NewsWrongful Dismissal
Port Coquitlam ordered to pay $58K after firing a worker who washed his truck at municipal facility
By Patrick Penner | Tri-Cities Dispatch A Port Coquitlam employee has won his wrongful dismissal suit against the city after being fired for washing his personal vehicle at a municipal wash facility. Marco Stevens, …
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By Zak Vescera | The Tyee The crew at the Georgia Straight wrote until the bitter end, filing stories and chronicling Vancouver’s culture after the paycheques stopped flowing and the printer …
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By Natasha Bulowski | Canada’s National Observer In a long-awaited apology to survivors of sexual misconduct, Defence Minister Anita Anand acknowledged “successive governments have not done nearly enough to stamp out this scourge” in the …
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Workplace NewsWrongful Dismissal
Court awards $190,000 in damages to a Dundalk Fire admin staff who was terminated in 2019
By M.T. Fernandes | Dundalk Herald Melanie McGraw, who was terminated without cause by Southgate in 2019, had her day in court and was vindicated. Superior Court Justice Roger Chown backed …