The New Brunswick Department of Education and Early Childhood Development violated its duty to enforce workplace safety measures, resulting in repeated physical harm to school staff at the hands of…
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B.C. golf course ordered to pay worker $27,500 for harassment and intimidation by arbitrator
A golf course in British Columbia has been ordered to pay $27,500 in damages to a former unionized employee for workplace harassment and intimidation by an arbitrator. The award, from…
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeaturedOccupational Health & SafetyUncategorized
Pulp mill worker, suspended for failing to respond to safety alarms, awarded two years’ back pay
A long-serving worker at a pulp mill in British Columbia has been awarded nearly two years’ back pay after he was suspended — and not accommodated in a suitable position…
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Workplace harassment mismanagement clears path for employee damages outside WSIB: Arbitrator
An arbitrator has ruled that an employee can seek damages for breaches of a collective agreement and duty of care, despite the employer’s argument that such claims fall exclusively under…
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AccommodationArbitration/Labour RelationsFeatured
Shared Health’s accommodation efforts for pregnant paramedic found reasonable, grievance dismissed
An arbitrator in Manitoba has rejected a union’s claim that Shared Health failed in its duty to accommodate a pregnant paramedic’s medical restrictions. Arbitrator Kristin L. Gibson dismissed the grievance…
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CN engineer fired for sexualized conduct at work reinstated without compensation by arbitrator
A locomotive engineer who was dismissed by Canadian National Railway (CN) for alleged sexualized conduct and violating its code of conduct has been reinstated without back pay following an arbitration…
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeaturedUncategorized
Arbitrator orders $270K lump-sum payment over reinstatement in faculty termination dispute at Mount Royal University
An arbitrator has directed Mount Royal University in Calgary to pay a lump-sum amount of $267,725 plus interest to a former faculty member after ruling that while there was just…
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeatured
City of London, Ont., not required to grant paid holiday for Queen’s memorial: Court
The Ontario Superior Court has upheld an arbitrator’s decision that the City of London was not obligated to grant its outdoor employees a paid holiday on September 19, 2022, the…
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeatured
TELUS not required to seek leave to appeal injunction over workplace changes: B.C. Court of Appeal
The British Columbia Court of Appeal has determined that TELUS Communications Inc. can proceed with its appeal against an injunction without seeking leave — a ruling that was moot because…
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeatured
Labour board directs NAIT, union to split bargaining sessions between business hours and evenings
The Alberta Labour Relations Board has upheld a complaint filed by the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) against the NAIT Academic Staff Association (NASA), concluding that NASA failed to…
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