By Lauren Phillips | The Coast The university pledge is simple enough: “(W)e [our vice-chancellor and higher education provider] commit to not using non-disclosure agreements to silence people who come forward …
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FeaturedOccupational Health & Safety
Workplace injury or alcohol-fueled ping pong accident at Airbnb? Tribunal rejects employer’s appeal
The Nova Scotia Workers’ Compensation Appeals Tribunal has rejected an employer’s appeal regarding a workplace injury claim, affirming that a worker’s ankle injury, sustained on Jan. 14, 2023, occurred on …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeatured
Arbitrator dismisses long-running grievance against Essex County school board over taxation of settlement funds
In a ruling that brings closure to a lengthy dispute between the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 27 and the Greater Essex County District School Board (GECDSB), an …
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FeaturedSexual Harassment
Ontario Human Rights Tribunal awards $10,000 in sexual harassment case against martial arts gym and instructor
K2 Martial Arts Kickboxing and its instructor, A.K., were found liable for sexual harassment against a fellow student at the gym in a recent ruling by the Ontario Human Rights …
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William Osler Health System wins human rights case as tribunal dismisses claim for late filing
The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has dismissed an application by a former employee of the William Osler Health System, ruling that her complaint was filed more than two years …
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FeaturedSexual Harassment
B.C. geologist’s human rights complaint against Anglo American Exploration partially dismissed
The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal has partially dismissed a human rights complaint filed by a former geoscientist against Anglo American Exploration (Canada) Ltd. (AAE), ruling that some of her …
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FeaturedMental Health
Horizon North Logistics manager who went to pub while on call, returned to work impaired has human rights claim tossed
The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal has dismissed a discrimination complaint against Horizon North Logistics, concluding that the company’s decision to terminate an employee after an incident involving substance use …
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BC Human Rights Tribunal allows late-filed racial discrimination complaint against jazz club
The BC Human Rights Tribunal has ruled in favour of accepting a late-filed racial discrimination complaint from a former employee of Hermann’s Jazz Club in Victoria, noting it has not …
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AccommodationFeaturedUncategorized
Toronto Police Services Board entitled to see medical records of worker seeking accommodation for sleep disorder: Tribunal
The Toronto Police Services Board is entitled to see the medical records of a worker who filed a human rights complaint after seeking accommodation in the form of a later …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeatured
Labour board consolidates TSASK bargaining units under SGEU without representation vote
The Saskatchewan Labour Relations Board (SLRB) has ruled that employees of the Technical Safety Authority of Saskatchewan (TSASK) represented by two separate unions will be consolidated into a single bargaining …