A financial adviser who lost his wrongful dismissal lawsuit against Investors Group (IG) after turning down four settlement offers, the largest worth $650,000, must pay the company double costs from… …
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PREMIUM F45 franchisees breached deal by pitching members on rival gym in Whitby, Ont.
Two former F45 franchisees in Whitby, Ont., breached their franchise agreement by urging the studio’s members to switch to a new gym they were opening in the same space, the… …
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PREMIUM CBSA officer who misled colleagues for celebrity client loses appeal of his firing
A Canada Border Services Agency officer working a paid side job has lost his bid to overturn his firing, the Federal Court of Appeal has ruled. While escorting a celebrity… …
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PREMIUM Nova Scotia consultant’s $160,000 salary claim ‘pure fiction,’ labour board finds
A Nova Scotia technology start-up does not owe more than $46,700 in unpaid wages and notice pay to its former vice-president of operations. The worker had claimed he was promised… …
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PREMIUM B.C. mill worker convicted of stabbing colleague over pinched finger
A maintenance contractor who stabbed a co-worker at least five times inside a waste conveyor at a Fort St. John, B.C., mill, seconds after pinching his finger on a heavy… …
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PREMIUM BC Hydro engineer’s ‘buyer’s remorse’ can’t undo $120,000 settlement
A former BC Hydro senior engineer who tried to back out of a $120,000 settlement over a dispute about her pension is bound by the deal, the Supreme Court of… …
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PREMIUM TD Insurance actuary who flew to France without approved leave abandoned job: Tribunal
A TD Insurance actuary who flew to France on a one-way ticket without approved leave and did not clearly say when he would return was found to have abandoned his… …
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PREMIUM Friend-created job not enough to set injured worker’s benefits
An Alberta worker whose foot was crushed by a forklift in 2004 had a recurrence of his compensable psychological condition in 2023, the Appeals Commission for Alberta Workers’ Compensation has… …
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Best Buy Canada has lost its bid to overturn a wage loss award to a worker it fired because of his disability. The retailer had argued that a $17,000 settlement… …
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PREMIUM Whole Foods worker’s untranslated performance reviews not discriminatory, tribunal rules
A probationary Whole Foods Market employee who was fired after failing three performance reviews in just over two months has lost her race and disability discrimination complaint. The British Columbia… …

