Arbitration/Labour Relations
TTC worker, reinstated after being fired for cause, awarded $175,000 – but no punitive damages
A unionized Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) worker, who was fired for cause and later reinstated [Read More]
Arbitration/Labour Relations
Arbitration/Labour Relations
Going up? B.C. arbitrator greenlights employer’s transfer of unvaccinated elevator mechanic
Kone Inc. was within its rights to transfer a unionized worker in British Columbia to [Read More]
Arbitration/Labour Relations
‘Inordinate delay’: Board dismisses grievance against Moose Jaw Firefighters Association filed in 2007
A long-standing duty of fair representation grievance filed by a former employee of the City [Read More]
Arbitration/Labour Relations
‘The best of poor options’: Union steward at airline caterer gets damages, but not job back, as arbitrator cites poisoned work environment
A Toronto-based company that provides in-flight meals and products for airlines took a flawed approach [Read More]
Arbitration/Labour Relations
Toronto cop’s human rights complaint against union, service gets green light from tribunal as it rejects DFR argument
A Toronto cop’s human rights complaint against multiple defendants, including the Toronto Police Services Board [Read More]
Arbitration/Labour Relations
All clap, no penalty: Noisy strikers at Vancouver-area hotels didn’t violate injunction, rules court
Who needs drums and megaphones when you’ve got loud voices and plastic handclappers? Striking hotel [Read More]
Arbitration/Labour Relations
CUPE grievance against hospital’s new shift-switching policy upheld, previous arbitration cited
In a recent labor dispute, a union’s grievance against a hospital concerning employee shift exchanges [Read More]
Arbitration/Labour Relations
Calgary Transit worker, fired for refusing to vaccinate or test for COVID, awarded job back
A Calgary Transit worker, fired for refusing to adhere to his employer’s “vaccinate or test” [Read More]
Arbitration/Labour Relations
Bruce Power had cause to fire manager for schedule manipulation, policy breaches: Arbitrator
Bruce Power was justified in firing a unionized manager who allegedly made changes to his [Read More]
Arbitration/Labour Relations
City of Toronto ordered to produce email in arbitration fight over firing of snow plow driver who allegedly ‘verbally attacked’ e-bike rider
An arbitration hearing into the termination of a City of Toronto snowplow driver sparked a [Read More]