The Nova Scotia Labour Board has dismissed an application by an ambulance services provider seeking a declaration that its essential services agreement deprived it of a meaningful right to lock …
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Saskatchewan worker owed $41K in unpaid overtime after flat-rate pay scheme fails legal test
A Saskatchewan trucking company must pay a former driver more than $41,000 in unpaid overtime after a labour board ruled that a flat-rate wage arrangement that substituted a production bonus …
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Firefighter’s 20-year-old lawsuit against City of St. John’s tossed for want of prosecution
A Newfoundland and Labrador court has dismissed a former firefighter’s lawsuit against the City of St. John’s and his union after finding the case sat dormant for nearly a decade, …
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Ontario paramedic loses bid to convert vacation days to sick leave after bicep injury
A paramedic employed by the County of Frontenac has lost a grievance seeking to convert four pre-scheduled vacation days to sick leave after sustaining a bicep tear, with an arbitrator …
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Federal court sends supply teacher’s EI case back to tribunal after appeal division ignored key findings
A federal court has overturned a Social Security Tribunal decision that denied employment insurance benefits to a supply teacher who resigned from a daycare centre, citing constructive dismissal, afte… Free …
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Employers must investigate sexual harassment even without a formal complaint, lawyers say
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberEmployers have a legal duty to investigate sexual harassment complaints even when a victim asks them not to — and failing to follow a fair, thorough process can undermine findings …
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Air Canada ordered to compensate pilots denied religious exemptions from COVID-19 vaccine policy
An arbitrator has ruled that Air Canada wrongfully denied religious exemptions from its mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy to seven pilots, ordering the airline to compensate them for lost income f… …
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Canadian Tire worker who alleged staff shared leaked medical info misses human rights deadline
A former Canadian Tire employee’s human rights application has been dismissed after the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario found that most of his allegations were filed outside the one-year limitation …
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Union revocation bid tossed after board rules collective agreement was already in force
An Alberta labour board has dismissed an employee-led bid to strip a union of its bargaining rights, ruling the revocation application was filed after a new collective agreement had already …
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CUPE failed City of Calgary worker assigned to wrong job for 25 years, labour board rules
The Alberta Labour Relations Board has found that a union breached its duty of fair representation after it dismissed without investigation a worker’s concerns about being reassigned from duties she …

