Nova Scotia’s Labour Board has ordered Code Ninjas Halifax to pay a former centre director $2,922.40 in unpaid bonuses and vacation pay after the company failed to honour compensation agreements …
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Temporary layoff clause survives invalid termination provisions in Ontario ruling
An Ontario Superior Court of Justice ruling has determined that temporary layoff provisions in employment contracts are not termination clauses and therefore remain enforceable even when other termina… To continue …
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Nunavut’s privacy commissioner finds no breach in sharing employee medical reports but faults storage practices
A Nunavut government employee failed to prove privacy violations when independent medical examination reports were shared among HR and departmental officials, but the territory’s privacy commissioner … To continue reading, …
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Federal replacement workers ban takes effect, covers sectors like banking, railways, and airlines
Federal employers can no longer use replacement workers during strikes or lockouts after new legislation took effect June 20, marking the most significant change to Canadian labour law in decades. …
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Yukon court denies company’s bid to hide name in workplace sexual assault lawsuit
A Yukon court has rejected a hospitality company’s application to anonymize its name in a sexual assault lawsuit, ruling that potential reputational damage and business losses do not constitute import… …
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Saskatchewan board rejects employer’s claim that worker never showed up, awards $2,600 in wages
The Saskatchewan Labour Relations Board has dismissed an appeal by Paktech Electronics which argued it should not have to pay wages to an employee the company claimed never actually worked …
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Alberta trucker from India loses $56,000 lawsuit after illegally paying employer for work permit
An Alberta trucker who paid his employer $37,000 for a work permit lost his entire lawsuit against the company after a judge ruled the payment violated immigration laws designed to …
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Job candidate’s lawsuit over alleged stolen business plan stayed, court cites ‘reprehensible conduct’
A former job applicant who sued Colliers Macaulay Nicolls and one of its employees over an alleged stolen business plan has had her lawsuit stayed after repeatedly refusing to pay …
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‘If you kill a worker, you should go to jail’: Union blasts lack of jail time in workplace death of PSW
An Ontario organization that provides care for adults with developmental disabilities has been found guilty of multiple workplace safety violations in connection with the drowning death of a personal … …
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Human rights complaints filed by Thunder Bay, Ont., cop dismissed for lack of factual basis
A Thunder Bay police officer’s multiple human rights complaints alleging reprisal have been dismissed by the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario after the adjudicator found the claims lacked sufficient f… …


