Arbitration/Labour Relations

A grievance over a sawmill’s decision to assign weekend cleanup work to student employees instead of regular volunteers has been sent back for a new arbitration hearing after the Ontario… …

A casual lifeguard hired by the Town of Ponoka has had her bid to be exempted from paying union dues on religious grounds dismissed by the Alberta Labour Relations Board. …

Ten employees of the United Nurses of Alberta who stood to receive reduced long-term disability benefits over a pre-existing medical condition have lost their grievances, despite an Alberta arbitrator finding… …

The Ontario Nurses’ Association says a new arbitration ruling for registered nurses and health-care professionals at the province’s for-profit nursing homes proves the arbitration system is broken and… Free Membership …

A conductor with Alstom Transport Canada Inc., the contractor that operates and maintains GO Transit’s rail fleet for Metrolinx, who was fired after refusing a post-incident drug and alcohol test …

Tidewater Transportation Canada Inc.’s attempt to overturn a labour arbitrator’s order to compensate a senior mariner for lost overtime work has been dismissed by the Supreme Court of British Columbia… …

Three Hamilton Health Sciences nurses who accepted callback shifts within 24 hours of finishing their regular tours are entitled to double-time pay for those shifts, a labour arbitrator has ruled. …

An operating engineer who signed a settlement agreement resolving his duty of fair representation complaint against his union, then tried to retract it weeks later, will not get his complaint …

The British Columbia Labour Relations Board has dismissed applications by three unions seeking a declaration that Silverstone Care Centre Ltd. is a successor employer to Vancouver Coastal Health Autho… Free …

The Resort Municipality of Whistler’s practice of paying out banked overtime at an employee’s current wage rate, rather than the rate in effect when the overtime was earned, does not …