A union grievance alleging that Confederation College in Thunder Bay, Ont., failed to issue faculty workload assignment forms on time will proceed, following the dismissal of the college’s preliminary objection. …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeatured
Arbitrator dismisses union grievance over four-day work week at Ontario Clean Water Agency
An arbitrator has dismissed a union grievance challenging the Ontario Clean Water Agency’s decision to assign Transmission Maintenance Employees (TMEs) to a five-day, eight-hour schedule (5 x 8), rather than …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeaturedWrongful Dismissal
Purolator ordered to pay more than $200,000 in lost wages, benefits to driver who was fired without cause and later reinstated
A Purolator driver has been awarded more than $210,000 after an arbitrator ruled the company did not have cause to fire him. In a detailed remedy award involving Purolator and …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeatured
Finance head reinstated at Mohawk Council of Kanesatake following labour tribunal ruling
By Marcus Bankuti | The Eastern Door Marie-Claude Bernard, the former finance head for the disbanded Emergency Response Unit (ERU), has been reinstated to her position at the Mohawk Council of …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeaturedJust CauseWorkplace Violence
Alberta driver’s firing over racist remarks, violent threats upheld by arbitrator
A driver’s termination for alleged racist comments and violent threats — including stating “I hate blacks,” raising his arm and saying “white power,” and threatening to “go postal” — has …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeaturedSexual Harassment
CUPE failed to keep hospital worker, terminated for misconduct, in the loop about accusations: Board
The Ontario Labour Relations Board has denied a request by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Local 139, to reconsider a duty of fair representation ruling that found it …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeaturedOccupational Health & Safety
New Brunswick Department of Education failed to protect school staff from violent student: Arbitrator
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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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeatured
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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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeaturedMental Health
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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