By Isaac Phan Nay, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Advocates are welcoming a rare decision to permanently ban an Okanagan winemaker from the Temporary Foreign Worker Program because of abuses. Bu… Free …
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Township of Ignace aims for appeal to Supreme Court of Canada in wrongful firing lawsuit
By Mike Stimpson | Thunder Bay Source The Township of Ignace wants to take its appeal of a wrongful dismissal case to the highest court in the land. Ignace lost its first appeal of …
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FeaturedWorkplace News
Health care worker in Manitoba fired for ‘racist’ Facebook post about homicide victims
By Dave Baxter | Winnipeg Sun A rural Manitoba health-care worker has lost their job, after making online comments critical of a landfill search for remains of Indigenous women, comments tha… Free Membership …
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Security guard’s firing had nothing to do with his religion: Alberta Human Rights Tribunal
The Alberta Human Rights Tribunal has dismissed a complaint filed by a part-time security guard who alleged his former employer, Paladin Security Group, discriminated against him based on religious be… …
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Arbitrator dismisses union grievance over four-day work week at Ontario Clean Water Agency
An arbitrator has dismissed a union grievance challenging the Ontario Clean Water Agency’s decision to assign Transmission Maintenance Employees (TMEs) to a five-day, eight-hour schedule (5 x 8), rath… Free …
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Truck driver or construction worker? Sub-Terrain Excavating on hook for termination pay after misclassification dispute
An Alberta employment appeal body has confirmed an order requiring Sub-Terrain Excavating & Trucking Ltd. to pay termination pay in lieu of notice to a worker, who had been classified …
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‘Sophisticated executive:’ Alberta construction employer’s 90-day termination clause for senior leader upheld
An Alberta-based construction employer’s decision to dismiss a senior executive has shed light on how courts may interpret carefully negotiated termination clauses. The dispute involved J.S., a veter… Free Membership …
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Software exec, 51, awarded six months’ pay after less than a year on the job by Ontario court
A recent ruling by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice has offered some clarity on how courts may assess notice periods and compensation entitlements for employees who hold executive-level roles …
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FeaturedSexual Harassment
Band Council manager repeatedly harassed three female colleagues, tribunal rules in awarding $165,000
A Band councillor and manager was found to have repeatedly sexually harassed three female colleagues, prompting the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal to order both monetary compensation and mandatory tra… Free …
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FeaturedSexual Harassment
B.C. court admonishes WestJet’s ‘potentially adversarial’ approach to producing documents in flight attendants’ class action
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberThe Supreme Court of British Columbia has ordered WestJet to disclose a wider range of harassment complaint files involving flight attendants, ruling that any allegations brought forward by class memb… …