An Ontario tribunal has rejected an employer’s attempt to escape a $350,000 termination payment by arguing that provisions never written into the employment agreement should be implied into it — …
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Canada still lacks universal paid sick leave — and that’s a public health problem as we approach flu season
By Alyssa Grocutt, University of Calgary; Julian Barling, Queen’s University, Ontario, and Nick Turner, University of Calgary As Canadians head into another flu and COVID season, many workers still fa… To continue reading, …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeatured
Labour board rejects Saskatchewan’s bid to toss union complaint over Marshal wage talks
The Saskatchewan Labour Relations Board has rejected an application by the Government of Saskatchewan to summarily dismiss a complaint from the Saskatchewan Government and General Employees’ Union (SG… To continue …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeatured
Doepker ordered to reinstate worker fired for ‘malicious gossip’ after reporting drug-use suspicions
An arbitrator has set aside Doepker Industries’ dismissal of a unionized worker who reported a suspicion that a manager was using cocaine at work, finding the company lacked just and …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeaturedOccupational Health & Safety
Arbitrator adopts flexible timeline for evidence in TTC one-person subway operation grievance
An arbitrator has ruled that the union representing Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) subway operators can continue introducing evidence about the safety of one-person train operation (OPTO) until the … To …
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FeaturedWrongful Dismissal
Bad hair day for Triple Hair as B.C. court orders $103K payout to former biotech executive
The Supreme Court of British Columbia has ordered biotechnology firm Triple Hair Group to pay more than $103,000 to a former executive who was wrongfully dismissed and underpaid during his …
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FeaturedOccupational Health & Safety
County of Haliburton must face hearing on alleged OHS reprisal after firing probationary truck driver
The Ontario Labour Relations Board has dismissed an employer’s attempt to stop a health and safety reprisal complaint from proceeding to a hearing, finding a truck driver raised sufficient concerns …
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Constructive DismissalFeaturedOccupational Health & SafetyWrongful Dismissal
Employer cannot use safety legislation to shield itself from constructive dismissal, Ontario tribunal finds
A worker’s claim for constructive wrongful dismissal can proceed in civil court despite her former employer’s argument that workplace safety legislation bars the action, the Workplace Safety and Insur… To …
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FeaturedWrongful Dismissal
B.C. court refuses union’s bid to adjourn wrongful dismissal trial over unfinalized pleadings
The B.C. Supreme Court has refused to adjourn a wrongful dismissal trial scheduled for next year, rejecting a union’s argument that amended pleadings must be finalized before the case can …
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FeaturedWrongful Dismissal
B.C. court rejects summary trial for flight controller fired after Vancouver airport gate incident
A B.C. Supreme Court judge has refused to hear a flight controller’s wrongful dismissal claim by summary trial, finding that two diametrically opposed versions of a workplace altercation require a …