The Ontario government has introduced new legislation that would strengthen workplace health and safety rules, improve labour mobility across Canada and streamline business permits and approvals. The … Free Membership …
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A medical secretary who worked nearly two decades for a small Ontario respirology clinic lost her wrongful dismissal claim after the Ontario Superior Court of Justice found the clinic had …
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Ontario court refuses to dismiss LTD, wrongful dismissal claim against employer and insurer
An Ontario Superior Court of Justice judge has refused to summarily dismiss a wrongful dismissal and long-term disability lawsuit brought by a self-represented worker against a major insurer, finding … …
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Quesnel, B.C., civic workers’ vaccine grievance hits a dead end
By Bob Mackin | Prince George Citizen Four City of Quesnel employees fired in February 2022 for disobeying the COVID-19 mandatory vaccination policy lost their application for reconsideration. In a Ma… …
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A Black worker who alleged racial discrimination and wrongful termination by an Alberta insurance company has had his human rights complaint dismissed after a tribunal found he unreasonably rejected a… …
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An Alberta labour tribunal has found that a temporary foreign worker brought to Canada to serve as an office administrator was an employee throughout his entire engagement — and never …
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A British Columbia health-care worker has been found guilty of sexually assaulting three female colleagues during an evacuation deployment to Vancouver, in a ruling issued by the Provincial Court of …
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Injured B.C. worker wins wage benefits despite duty-to-cooperate suspension
A British Columbia facility services worker was entitled to unreduced wage-loss benefits after the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal found the employer’s proposed return-to-work plan was unsuitabl… Free Membership Required To …
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Unionized manufacturing worker wins reinstatement after termination ruled untimely
A manufacturer of retail store fixtures in Ontario lost its termination case against a unionized worker not because it lacked reasons to fire him — but because it waited too …
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Ontario court upholds dismissal of teacher’s repeat labour board complaint
A Catholic school teacher’s bid to challenge a labour board ruling that blocked his workplace reprisal complaint has failed after Ontario’s Divisional Court found the board acted reasonably and fairly… …

