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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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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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 …
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Hungarian Consulate worker denied OHIP coverage after tribunal rules foreign mission not an Ontario employer
A temporary foreign worker employed by the Hungarian Consulate in Toronto has been denied Ontario health insurance coverage after a provincial tribunal found that her employer did not qualify as …
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FeaturedOccupational Health & Safety
New Brunswick worker’s hearing loss claim denied after 12-year delay in filing
A New Brunswick appeals tribunal has denied a workers’ compensation claim for occupational hearing loss after finding the worker filed his application nearly 12 years past the statutory deadline, with… …
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FeaturedOccupational Health & Safety
Teacher who complained about air quality loses reprisal claim over classroom reassignment
A Nova Scotia teacher who was moved to a different classroom after raising air quality concerns has lost her reprisal complaint, with the Court of Appeal upholding a Labour Board …