An arbitrator has ruled that employees of the Waterloo Region District School Board who are denied loss-of-earnings benefits by the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board cannot turn to sick leave… …
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Vernon, B.C., teacher’s firing upheld for facilitating assessment cheating by student
An arbitrator has dismissed a grievance challenging the dismissal of a British Columbia teacher who let one student complete a provincial Grade 12 literacy assessment under another student’s identity,… Free …
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PREMIUM City of Stratford had cause to fire payroll clerk over vaccine refusal
The City of Stratford in southwestern Ontario had just cause to dismiss a payroll clerk who refused to comply with its mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy, a sole arbitrator has ruled,… …
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The Public Service Alliance of Canada has won two of three policy grievances challenging how the Canada Revenue Agency changed the hours of work at its call centres, but it …
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ETFO worker must repay settlement after confidentiality breach: Arbitrator
An administrative assistant who told a coworker that her departure was the outcome of a mediation and conveyed that she had received a payment to leave her job must repay …
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PREMIUM EllisDon can’t deny LTD based on age, arbitrator rules
EllisDon Facilities Services (Osler) breached its collective agreement when it refused to consider a worker’s long-term disability claim because he was over 65 at the time he became disabled, an… …
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Windsor Regional Hospital draws split rulings on nurse medical grievances
An Ontario arbitrator has found that Windsor Regional Hospital returned an injured nurse to duties her doctor had not cleared her for, and pressed another nurse’s cardiologist for more medical …
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Reinstated correctional officer awarded $75,000 partial payment in Ontario
A correctional officer who was fired and later reinstated has been awarded a $75,000 partial payment on his outstanding compensation, after an arbitrator agreed to release part of what he …
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Ontario’s WSIB must restore flex work before office return, arbitrator rules
The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board must restore existing flex work arrangements for eligible field staff at least 30 days before they return to the office, the Ontario Grievance Settlement …
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Ontario arbitrator strikes years of anti-Black racism allegations as untimely
An Ontario arbitrator has struck the bulk of a Black public servant’s allegations of racism, harassment and discrimination against her employer, finding that incidents reaching back as far as 2017 …

