The Ontario Court of Appeal has granted the Income Security Advocacy Centre and Parkdale Community Legal Services leave to intervene as a coalition in an upcoming appeal concerning the enforceability …
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FeaturedPrivacy
SFU did not breach privacy act in sharing shuttle driver complaint with employer, court rules
A British Columbia court has dismissed a petition by a former campus shuttle driver who claimed Simon Fraser University (SFU) breached privacy law when it passed along a worker’s complaint …
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FeaturedOccupational Health & Safety
Original Cakerie worker denied reconsideration of OHS reprisal ruling
The Ontario Labour Relations Board has refused to revisit its earlier decision dismissing a worker’s claim that Original Cakerie committed an unlawful reprisal when it terminated her employment. The B… …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeatured
B.C. labour board dismisses worker’s duty of fair representation complaint as premature
The British Columbia Labour Relations Board has dismissed a worker’s complaint that her union breached its duty of fair representation, finding the application was filed prematurely while the grievanc… To …
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FeaturedSexual Harassment
Ontario tribunal appoints administrator to represent deceased respondent in harassment case
The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has appointed a litigation administrator to represent the estate of a deceased respondent in a sexual harassment case involving a business partnership. The worker …
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FeaturedSexual Harassment
Brampton Transit operator’s harassment claim dismissed over lack of evidence
The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has dismissed a former Brampton Transit operator’s complaint alleging sex-based harassment, failure to investigate and reprisal, finding insufficient evidence to s… To continue reading, …
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FeaturedOccupational Health & SafetyWorkplace News
Restaurant fined $55,000 after worker injured in workplace violence incident in London, Ont.
A Vancouver-based restaurant company has been fined $55,000 after a worker was assaulted by a patron at its London, Ont. location and the employer failed to have proper workplace violence …
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Nova Scotia Health Authority ordered to quash disciplinary decisions against two nephrologists
The Nova Scotia Supreme Court has quashed disciplinary decisions against two specialist physicians after finding the Nova Scotia Health Authority failed to provide an appropriate level of procedural f… To …
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AccommodationFeatured
Employment lawyer urges people leaders to distinguish discomfort from discrimination
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberAn employment and human rights lawyer is calling on workplace leaders to recognize that employee discomfort does not automatically signal legal violations, warning that misunderstanding this distincti… To continue reading, …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeatured
Carlton Trail Community College breached duty to bargain in good faith by reassigning duties without notice
The Saskatchewan Labour Relations Board has found Carlton Trail Community College committed an unfair labour practice by reassigning adult basic education credit programming duties to an out-of-scope … To continue …