The Saskatchewan Labour Relations Board has cancelled a wage assessment against a Regina-area distillery, finding an adjudicator wrongly concluded a worker had been constructively dismissed when the real cause of… …
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PREMIUM Arbitrator backs union on minimum staffing at Vancouver International Airport’s fuel terminal
An arbitrator has ruled that S.G.S. Canada must keep its Vancouver International Airport fuel terminal staffed at all times with at least four employees — one crew leader and three… …
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PREMIUM City of Nanaimo loses appeal in racial discrimination case against former CFO
The British Columbia Court of Appeal has dismissed the City of Nanaimo’s appeal of a lower court ruling that upheld a human rights tribunal finding the municipality racially discriminated against… …
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PREMIUM Court orders students’ union at University of Regina to pay 12 months’ severance
A former director of programs and public relations at the Students’ Union of the University of Regina has been awarded 12 months’ pay in lieu of notice plus $10,000 in… …
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PREMIUM Suncor had cause to fire 40-year engineer over son’s patent: Alberta court
The Court of King’s Bench of Alberta has dismissed a wrongful dismissal claim brought by a senior technical advisor with more than 40 years of service at Suncor Energy, finding… …
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PREMIUM Toronto Hydro vaccine policy upheld but workers get ESA pay
Toronto Hydro had just cause to terminate workers who refused to comply with its mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy, an Ontario arbitrator has ruled, but those workers remain entitled to termination… …
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PREMIUM Cressey Construction loses appeal over remote-work dismissal in Vancouver
A Vancouver-based real estate developer has lost its appeal of a trial decision finding it constructively dismissed a longtime director after ordering her back to the office full-time without notice,… …
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PREMIUM Arbitrator upholds firing of Alberta Health Services worker absent nearly three years
An Alberta arbitrator has upheld Alberta Health Services’ decision to terminate a lead hand who had been off work on disability for almost three years, finding the employer met the… …
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PREMIUM Long COVID recognized as compensable workplace injury for Ontario PSW
A personal support worker who contracted COVID-19 from a resident at an Ontario seniors’ home has won ongoing entitlement to benefits for post-COVID syndrome, after the Workplace Safety and Insurance… …
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PREMIUM Carpenter awarded pay, room and board allowance after being taken to hospital with chest pains
A New Brunswick arbitrator has ordered AlumaSafway to pay a carpenter a full day’s wages and room and board allowance after the worker was hospitalized with chest pains during his… …

