The Saskatchewan Labour Relations Board has dismissed an appeal by GFL Environmental and upheld a wage assessment for a worker who was fired after testing positive for cannabis. The Board …
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PREMIUM Alberta arbitrator upholds power line technician’s firing over bullying complaints
A power line technician fired by ATCO Electric Ltd. for a pattern of abusive conduct toward apprentices has lost his bid for reinstatement after a divided Alberta arbitration panel found… …
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PREMIUM Hamilton paramedics’ grievance over third-party video surveillance dismissed
An Ontario labour arbitrator has dismissed a policy grievance filed by the union representing City of Hamilton paramedics after it challenged the municipality’s practice of collecting third-party surveillance video, such… …
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Kingsway Bulk trucker fired over wood chips refusal reinstated by Quebec arbitrator
A driver fired by Kingsway Bulk after refusing to accept wood chip hauling assignments during a dispute over explosives-handling safety has been ordered reinstated with back pay by a Quebec …
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PREMIUM Liquor store manager in B.C. reinstated after donating unsellable whiskey to charity
A Castlegar, B.C., liquor store manager fired for removing a bottle of whiskey from her store without paying for it has been reinstated by a labour arbitrator, who found she… …
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Arbitrator rejects TMU bid to disqualify union’s co-counsel
An Ontario labour arbitrator has dismissed a motion by Toronto Metropolitan University seeking to bar two in-house lawyers with the Canadian Association of University Teachers from acting as co-counse… Free …
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PREMIUM TTC ordered to end random drug and alcohol testing of transit employees
An arbitrator has ordered the Toronto Transit Commission to immediately stop randomly testing its safety-sensitive employees for drugs and alcohol, ruling the seven-year-old program violates both the Charter of Rights… …
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PREMIUM Toronto Transit Commission ordered to reinstate operator fired after drug test
The Toronto Transit Commission has been ordered to reinstate a subway operator it fired following a non-compliant random drug test, after a labour arbitrator found the testing violated the Ontario… …
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PREMIUM TTC bus driver’s firing over cannabis test overturned by arbitrator
A Toronto Transit Commission bus operator fired after a random drug test came back non-compliant for cannabis has been ordered reinstated with full compensation, after an Ontario labour arbitrator found… …
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PREMIUM Board upholds firing of JBS Food Canada worker who abandoned fire watch
A maintenance worker fired by JBS Food Canada after leaving his post as fire watch during welding work has lost a bid to have his dismissal overturned, with the Alberta… …


