Three senior legal workers at Ontario’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal who were denied flexible work arrangements to care for their children can press ahead with their grievances, eve… …
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Passport clerk who awaited God’s approval for COVID-19 vaccine wins grievance
A federal passport clerk who said God told her to wait for His approval before getting a COVID-19 vaccine has won back pay and $5,000 in damages after her employer …
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Worker cleared after hatchet-fight at Saskatoon poultry plant, but court trims compensation
A Saskatoon poultry plant worker fired after a parking-lot fight involving two hatchet-wielding husbands will be compensated for his years of service only up to the day he was terminated, …
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Federal analyst loses hiring challenge after job went to surplus colleague
A federal analyst who told his managers he wanted a vacant job has lost his challenge after the position went to a co-worker whose own job was eliminated in a …
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PREMIUM 27-year Olymel worker loses job over anti-immigrant Facebook post
A Brampton, Ont., machine operator fired by Olymel after 27 years for making derogatory comments about Indian co-workers and posting on Facebook that “all immigrants” should be sent “back to… …
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PREMIUM CN engineer’s Friday-Saturday sick days don’t justify 20 demerits: Arbitrator
A Canadian National Railway locomotive engineer who booked off sick three Fridays and Saturdays in a row has had 20 demerit points removed from her record. The arbitrator found the… …
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Wood Buffalo police clerk loses grievance over neighbour’s RCMP file searches
A Fort McMurray police clerk who opened confidential RCMP files about a man whose dog she walked has lost her grievance over her firing, an Alberta arbitrator has ruled. The …
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PREMIUM Stillbirth counts as death for CIPA Lumber bereavement leave: arbitrator
A mill worker whose wife delivered a stillborn daughter is entitled to three days of paid bereavement leave, an arbitrator has ruled. The arbitrator found that a stillbirth counts as… …
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Only lawyer denied paid parking wins grievance against B.C. agency in Victoria
A Victoria lawyer who was the only counsel at the BC Family Maintenance Agency without employer-paid parking is entitled to a parking spot at the agency’s expense, a British Columbia …
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Skookumchuck Pulp union wins pause in holiday pay fight over National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
A union seeking review of an arbitration award that denied 12-hour-shift workers National Day for Truth and Reconciliation holiday pay has won a pause in its application while an arbitrator …


