An arbitrator has ruled that Wescast Industries Inc. breached its collective agreement with Unifor, Local 4207 by failing to provide proper notice of a plant closure and by withholding severance …
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Compass Group ordered to compensate union for subcontracted janitorial workers
Compass Group Canada has been ordered to compensate the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 2 for using subcontracted workers to perform bargaining unit work in violation of the collect… …
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Union’s bid to pause arbitration from former university custodian in wake of human rights application rejected
An arbitrator has rejected an effort by a union to delay arbitration proceedings involving an alleged workplace harassment dispute at Wilfrid Laurier University, ruling that the collective agreement d… Free …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeaturedJust Cause
Arbitrator upholds firing of Vancouver Airport cleaner who took passenger’s jacket
An arbitrator has upheld the dismissal of a cleaner who took a passenger’s jacket home from a restricted food court area at Vancouver Airport and did not return it for …
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Hospital porter’s firing over mask dispute, misconduct allegations overturned at arbitration
An Alberta arbitration board has ruled that Covenant Health improperly terminated a long-serving hospital porter without properly considering his medical condition or fulfilling its duty to accommodat… Free Membership Required …
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EPCOR’s ban of ‘intimidating’ union official from company premises overturned at arbitration
An arbitration board has ruled that EPCOR Utilities violated its collective agreement and labour legislation when it banned a designated union representative from its premises, effectively prohibiting… Free Membership Required …
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Union did not breach duty of fair representation in TTC streetcar driver’s firing, tribunal rules
A labour tribunal has dismissed a duty of fair representation complaint brought by a former Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) streetcar driver against Local 113 of the Amalgamated Transit Union. The …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeaturedJust Cause
BC SPCA officer fired for posting violent confrontation to Instagram, secretly recording disciplinary meeting
An arbitrator has ruled that the BC Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was justified in firing an officer who posted images of an off-duty, violent confrontation with …
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Arbitrator credits reinstated coal worker for hours he didn’t work, moving him up a level
An arbitrator in Alberta has issued a supplementary ruling underscoring an employer’s obligation to fully compensate a wrongfully dismissed worker, including the opportunity to progress to a higher pa… Free …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeaturedOccupational Health & Safety
Student inclusion must be balanced with employee safety: N.B. labour arbitrator
By Andrew Bates | Telegraph-Journal The provincial government is asking a judge to overturn a labour arbitrator’s ruling that says the province must balance student inclusion with employee safety… Free Membership …