A recent ruling by the Nova Scotia Labour Board underscores the lengths employers are required to go to accommodate a worker with a disability. Lunenburg Foundry & Engineering (LIFE) found …
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Intek justified in firing worker who stymied efforts at accommodation, refused to attend IME
Intek Communications had just cause to fire a worker because of his repeated refusals to co-operate in the search for reasonable accommodation for his disability, an arbitrator has ruled. The …
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Catholic nurse in Ontario, who refused COVID vaccine on religious grounds, wins at arbitration
A public health nurse in Subdury, Ont., has won her arbitration case after refusing to be vaccinated against COVID-19 because it went against her religion. The unnamed woman (we will …
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Loblaw justified in suspending worker without pay who refused to wear mask during pandemic
Grocery giant Loblaw acted reasonably when it suspended a worker in Calgary without pay for refusing to wear a mask during the COVID-19 pandemic, an Alberta court has ruled. Nor …