A detector dog handler who spent early mornings and evenings scrubbing kennels and feeding dogs during a five-week training course has been awarded overtime pay by the Federal Public Sector …
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A national bargaining agent representing Canada’s foreign service officers has lost its bid to force the federal government to fix a dysfunctional health benefits plan for employees posted abroad, eve… …
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CRA ordered to pay fired worker $5,000 over perfunctory job search for alternate position
A Canada Revenue Agency employee whose 40-year career ended in a non-disciplinary termination for incompetence has been awarded $5,000 by the Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Boar… Free …
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A Winnipeg accountant fired for chronic lateness after refusing an employer’s offer to have him drop his daughter off 10 minutes earlier has lost his complaint against the union that …
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A package handler fired four days into his job with United Parcel Service Canada Ltd. has lost his human rights complaint, even though the company acknowledged taking 18 months to …
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Six women who lost most or all of their regular employment insurance benefits after taking maternity and parental leave have had those benefits restored, the Federal Court of Appeal has …
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Calgary energy company ordered to pay fired CFO nearly $70K, including aggravated damages
A Calgary energy services company has been ordered to pay its former chief financial officer $69,771.84, including $30,000 in aggravated damages, after the court found the company acted in bad …
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Worker’s $180,000 constructive dismissal settlement offer too high for double costs: Alberta court
A worker constructively dismissed by Edmonton Granite Memorials will not receive double costs despite a formal settlement offer that came close to the amount he was eventually awarded at trial, …
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Toronto hotel worker ordered to pay $1,500 in costs after losing sex discrimination fight
A Toronto hotel maintenance worker has been ordered to pay $1,500 in costs after the Divisional Court of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice dismissed her application for judicial review …
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B.C. government worker denied request to keep teleworking from Edmonton to care for daughter
A BC Public Service Agency employee seeking to continue working remotely from Edmonton to help care for his daughter has been denied an interim order that would have let him …


