Saskatchewan has charged three employers with violating provincial laws designed to protect foreign workers, marking the first criminal charges laid under the province’s immigration protection legisla… Free Membership Required To …
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FeaturedSexual Harassment
Q Group Restaurants loses bid to strike harassment claims, compel early production
A Saskatchewan court has dismissed an attempt by Q Group Restaurants to strike allegations of verbal and sexual harassment made by a former senior employee, ruling the claims can proceed …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeatured
Labour board dismisses Alberta nurse’s complaint against union over vaccine policy grievance
The Alberta Labour Relations Board has dismissed a duty of fair representation complaint against the United Nurses of Alberta (UNA) from a nurse who alleged the union failed to properly …
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FeaturedWorkplace News
B.C. proposes 27 weeks of job-protected medical leave for workers with serious illness
British Columbia employers will need to hold positions for up to 27 weeks for employees recovering from serious illness or injury under proposed amendments to the Employment Standards Act announced …
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FeaturedLegal NewsWrongful Dismissal
Court rejects Diamond & Diamond motion to strike wrongful dismissal claim from former lawyer
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has dismissed an attempt by Diamond & Diamond Lawyers to strike or narrow a wrongful dismissal claim brought by a former lawyer who alleges …
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A worker who received a $16,000 settlement from his former employer after losing his job will have that payment treated as earnings under the Employment Insurance Act, the Social Security …
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FeaturedJust Cause
Ontario court upholds firing for cause after worker defrauded family business of $553,000
An Ontario court has dismissed a wrongful dismissal claim and upheld the termination for cause of a worker who defrauded his employer of more than $553,000 through a fraudulent invoicing …
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Employment ContractsFeatured
Clean Water Works loses novel bid to void $350,000 termination pay order
An Ontario tribunal has rejected an employer’s attempt to escape a $350,000 termination payment by arguing that provisions never written into the employment agreement should be implied into it — …
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FeaturedOpinion/Commentary
Canada still lacks universal paid sick leave — and that’s a public health problem as we approach flu season
By Alyssa Grocutt, University of Calgary; Julian Barling, Queen’s University, Ontario, and Nick Turner, University of Calgary As Canadians head into another flu and COVID season, many workers still fa… Free Membership Required …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeatured
Labour board rejects Saskatchewan’s bid to toss union complaint over Marshal wage talks
The Saskatchewan Labour Relations Board has rejected an application by the Government of Saskatchewan to summarily dismiss a complaint from the Saskatchewan Government and General Employees’ Union (SG… Free Membership …