A federal adjudicator has found that Global Affairs Canada discriminated against a foreign service officer when it cancelled his posting to Nairobi, Kenya, after relying solely on a Health Canada …
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Federal court stays removal of Indian-born truck driver caught in flagpoling rule dispute
A federal court has stayed the deportation of an Indian-born commercial truck driver facing removal to India after finding he raised a serious legal challenge to an exclusion order issued …
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Labour board designates essential services at B.C. Safety Authority amid labour dispute
The B.C. Labour Relations Board has issued an essential services designation order covering the British Columbia Safety Authority following an agreement between the employer and its union on which ser… …
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Nova Scotia Labour Board dismisses ambulance operator’s application, finds essential services agreement void
The Nova Scotia Labour Board has dismissed an application by an ambulance services provider seeking a declaration that its essential services agreement deprived it of a meaningful right to lock …
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Saskatchewan worker owed $41K in unpaid overtime after flat-rate pay scheme fails legal test
A Saskatchewan trucking company must pay a former driver more than $41,000 in unpaid overtime after a labour board ruled that a flat-rate wage arrangement that substituted a production bonus …
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Firefighter’s 20-year-old lawsuit against City of St. John’s tossed for want of prosecution
A Newfoundland and Labrador court has dismissed a former firefighter’s lawsuit against the City of St. John’s and his union after finding the case sat dormant for nearly a decade, …
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Ontario paramedic loses bid to convert vacation days to sick leave after bicep injury
A paramedic employed by the County of Frontenac has lost a grievance seeking to convert four pre-scheduled vacation days to sick leave after sustaining a bicep tear, with an arbitrator …
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Federal court sends supply teacher’s EI case back to tribunal after appeal division ignored key findings
A federal court has overturned a Social Security Tribunal decision that denied employment insurance benefits to a supply teacher who resigned from a daycare centre, citing constructive dismissal, afte… Free …
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FeaturedOccupational Health & SafetySexual HarassmentWorkplace Investigations
Employers must investigate sexual harassment even without a formal complaint, lawyers say
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberEmployers have a legal duty to investigate sexual harassment complaints even when a victim asks them not to — and failing to follow a fair, thorough process can undermine findings …
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Air Canada ordered to compensate pilots denied religious exemptions from COVID-19 vaccine policy
An arbitrator has ruled that Air Canada wrongfully denied religious exemptions from its mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy to seven pilots, ordering the airline to compensate them for lost income f… …


