A lab technician at a flour mill has been awarded workers’ compensation benefits for chronic mental stress (CMS) on appeal by the Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal (WSIAT). …
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The Alberta Human Rights Commission has upheld a decision to dismiss key elements of a human rights complaint filed by a Jewish medical doctor of colour against Alberta Health Services …
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Major payroll typo fuels legal battle, human rights claim for sawmill’s receptionist/cleaner
A request by Herwynen Sawmill in Guelph, Ont., to defer a human rights complaint has been dismissed by the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario. It’s a complicated case involving a …
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GE Transportation engineer, wrongfully dismissed after sale, failed to mitigate damages by refusing Wabtec job: Court
An electrical engineer at General Electric (GE) Transportation was constructively dismissed after the company was sold and acquired by Wabtec, the Court of King’s Bench of Manitoba has ruled. But …
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‘Business reasons for termination:’ Alberta worker, fired after injury, loses reinstatement bid
The Appeals Commission for Alberta Workers’ Compensation has upheld a decision denying the reinstatement of a worker injured in a slip and fall accident. Despite the worker’s insistence that his …
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Ontario company’s plan to pay half of workers’ wages in crypto it created shot down by labour board
Two workers have been awarded about $233,000 in back pay after a bid by their employer to pay part of their salaries in a company-created cryptocurrency was rejected by the …
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Alberta court quashes ruling that found former school superintendent guilty of gross mismanagement
The Alberta Court of King’s Bench has quashed a decision that found the former superintendent of schools at the Sturgeon Pubic School Division guilty of gross mismanagement. The court determined …
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Employment ContractsFeaturedLegal Costs
B.C. court cites lack of consideration in nullifying second contract signed in a day by new hire at Thinkific Labs
What happens when an employee agrees to an employment contract only to receive a second document hours later with new terms on termination and non-competition? This scenario recently unfolded at …
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Call centre worker who told customer to ‘shut up’ not entitled to EI: Tribunal
A former call centre employee at a global retail chain is not entitled to Employment Insurance (EI) benefits after he was fired for “highly problematic behaviours towards customers,” the Social …
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Fired body shop technician with autistic son awarded $10K in moral damages
A former body shop technician at Carstar Downsview has been awarded more than $23,000 in a wrongful dismissal case by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice’s Small Claims Court. That …