A six-month layoff without pay did not amount to a firing, the Court of Appeal for Ontario has ruled, upholding a lower court decision that a temporary layoff clause in… …
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PREMIUM Working notice, then disability: Alberta court says damages fight isn’t over for worker with arthritis
A worker who became disabled during a 13-month working notice period is entitled to a trial on whether his long-term disability benefits should reduce his wrongful dismissal damages, the Court… …
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PREMIUM Teachers at B.C. school district can take personal leave in partial days: Arbitrator
A British Columbia school district breached its collective agreement by deducting more personal leave time from a part-time teacher’s bank than she had actually taken off work, a labour arbitrator… …
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PREMIUM Hospital kitchen worker’s stress claim denied despite two incidents of bullying, harassment
A Nova Scotia kitchen worker who said she was bullied and intimidated by her supervisors has had her claim for a work-related psychological injury denied, even after an appeal commissioner… …
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PREMIUM Director of Ottawa-area cleaning company ordered to personally pay $157,700 in unpaid wages
A director of an Ottawa-area cleaning company has been ordered to personally pay $157,700.99 in unpaid wages after his corporation failed to satisfy an earlier arbitration award, an Ontario labour… …
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PREMIUM City of Regina worker fired over late call-ins gets job back with six-month unpaid suspension
A City of Regina roads worker fired for repeatedly failing to follow the notification procedure required when he was late or absent has been reinstated by a labour arbitration board,… …
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PREMIUM Drug use, stripper rumours struck from Bruce Power PTSD case
Allegations that a Bruce Power worker was the target of workplace rumours involving drug use, strippers and a “bomb” incident have been struck from his human rights complaint against the… …
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PREMIUM Price-tag, roof-work warnings sink grocery store night manager’s stress claim
A grocery store night manager in British Columbia has lost her bid for compensation for a work-related mental disorder after the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal found the performance warnings she… …
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PREMIUM $20,000 human rights damages cap survives Charter challenge from PSAC, legal clinic
A constitutional challenge brought by the Public Service Alliance of Canada and a Toronto community legal clinic against the $20,000 cap on human rights damages has been dismissed, with the… …
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PREMIUM SaskEnergy’s drug testing after gas line strikes ruled unjustified by Court of Appeal
Five SaskEnergy natural gas workers who were sent for drug and alcohol testing after two separate gas line strikes have had their compensation awards upheld by the Saskatchewan Court of …

