A federal court has overturned two Labour Market Impact Assessment refusals after finding that an Employment and Social Development Canada officer ignored financial documents submitted by an Ontario c… Free …
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Federal labour board rules Canada Life health plan grievances are continuing, not time-barred
The Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board has ruled that union policy grievances challenging the administration of the Public Service Health Care Plan since its transition to Can… …
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FeaturedWorkplace Investigations
B.C. Court of Appeal dismisses college instructor’s civil claim over workplace investigation
The British Columbia Court of Appeal has dismissed a civil claim brought by a college instructor against his employer and dozens of individual respondents, ruling the dispute falls within the …
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Court upholds Purolator worker’s EI disqualification for refusing COVID-19 vaccination policy
The Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed a judicial review application from a Purolator worker who was denied Employment Insurance benefits after being suspended for refusing to comply with the …
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YMCA of Greater Toronto ordered to produce performance data in pregnancy discrimination case
The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has ordered the YMCA of Greater Toronto to produce internal performance records in a disability and pregnancy discrimination case brought by a current employee …
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FeaturedOccupational Health & Safety
Worker who quit over forklift danger denied EI benefits after tribunal finds reasonable alternatives existed
A Quebec yard clerk who left his job following a dangerous workplace incident has been denied Employment Insurance benefits after the Social Security Tribunal of Canada found he had reasonable …
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FeaturedSmall Claims CourtWrongful Dismissal
Wrong court, wrong defendant, wrong act: Parole officer’s wrongful dismissal claim fails
A New Brunswick small claims adjudicator has dismissed a federal government worker’s wrongful dismissal claim, ruling the Small Claims Court of New Brunswick has no jurisdiction to hear disputes invol… …
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FeaturedPrivacyWrongful Dismissal
Norfolk County records on wrongful dismissal insurance claim excluded from freedom of information access
A former county employee who sued for wrongful dismissal cannot use Ontario’s freedom of information law to access records about the county’s insurance coverage for that claim, an adjudicator has …
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FeaturedPrivacy
City of Stratford barred from releasing records tied to worker complaints under privacy law exclusion
A privacy adjudicator has dismissed an appeal by a member of the public seeking access to records behind a city’s decision to bar them from municipal property, ruling the documents …
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FeaturedImmigration
Court certifies migrant farmworker class action over hundreds of millions in EI premiums
An Ontario court has certified a class action lawsuit alleging the federal government collected hundreds of millions of dollars in Employment Insurance premiums from migrant farmworkers while systemat… Free Membership …