A Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario adjudicator has deferred a disability discrimination complaint filed by a teacher against the Halton District School Board, finding the application raises similar is… To …
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Tribunal dismisses City of Toronto worker’s complaint filed years after alleged incidents
A Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario adjudicator has dismissed a complaint filed by a City of Toronto employee, finding the application was filed more than four years after the last …
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Saskatchewan labour board declares Confederation Inn successor employer, orders union certification
A Saskatchewan hotel operator must recognize a union and honour an expired collective agreement after the province’s labour board found it is the successor employer to a decades-long bargaining relati… …
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Nova Scotia appoints Shawna Paris as human rights commission chair
The Nova Scotia government appointed lawyer and social worker Shawna Paris as chair of the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission on Oct. 10. Paris is a member of the Nova …
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Federal Court of Appeal dismisses former CSIS employee’s challenge over complaint procedure exclusion
The Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by a former Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) employee who challenged the dismissal of his workplace complaint on jurisdictional grounds… To …
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Edmonton school bus driver wins reinstatement after allegations she used vehicle for personal reasons
An Alberta arbitrator has overturned the termination of a school bus driver and ordered her reinstated with back pay after finding the employer failed to prove most allegations of misconduct, …
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P.E.I. appeal court upholds ruling that school boards met disclosure obligations despite missing hiring file
The Prince Edward Island Court of Appeal has upheld a lower court decision that two school boards met their document disclosure obligations in a decade-old discrimination lawsuit, despite a key …
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Arbitrator dismisses union grievance over OPG shift assignments for campaign workers
An arbitrator has dismissed a union grievance alleging Ontario Power Generation (OPG) violated its collective agreement by placing inspection and maintenance technicians on shift work without declarin… To continue reading, …
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FeaturedOccupational Health & SafetyProfessional Misconduct
Complaint against Ontario doctor over his opinion in workplace injury case dismissed
The Health Professions Appeal and Review Board has upheld a decision by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario to take no further action on a complaint against a …
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FeaturedWorkplace News
Most employers in U.S. underprepared for union organizing despite rising activity: Littler survey
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberNearly 40 per cent of employers in the United States say they are not prepared at all to respond to union organizing activity, despite one in four experiencing such efforts …