The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has granted partial summary judgment to a former director of Equestrian Canada, awarding her four months’ notice for wrongful dismissal while sending her long-term… …
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PREMIUM Arbitrator dismisses coal miner’s grievance after worker intimidated witnesses
An arbitrator has dismissed a coal miner’s wrongful dismissal grievance against Elk Valley Resources after finding the worker sent intimidating messages to material witnesses scheduled to testify against him in… …
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PREMIUM Federal board revokes Correctional Service of Canada appointment, finds abuse of authority
The Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board has ordered the Correctional Service of Canada to revoke the indeterminate appointment of a regional officer in the Quebec region after… …
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PREMIUM Police body camera analyst awarded benefits for PTSD from viewing graphic footage
A civilian records system operator who reviewed and redacted police body camera footage has won entitlement to workers’ compensation benefits for chronic mental stress and post-traumatic stress disorder, after an… …
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PREMIUM Vaughan, Ont., firefighter wins right to apply for training officer role past age 60
An Ontario arbitrator has ruled that the City of Vaughan breached its collective agreement and the Ontario Human Rights Code when it refused to consider a 60-year-old suppression firefighter for… …
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PREMIUM Ontario’s top court upholds dismissal of healthcare workers’ vaccine lawsuit
The Court of Appeal for Ontario has dismissed an appeal brought by more than 400 current and former healthcare workers who challenged the striking of their lawsuit against the provincial… …
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PREMIUM TTC’s firing of engineering technologist not a reprisal: Ontario board
The Ontario Labour Relations Board has dismissed a reprisal application filed by a long-serving Toronto Transit Commission engineering technologist who was terminated for cause in December 2024, finding his exercise… …
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Subscriber ContentWrongful Dismissal
PREMIUM Hampton Inn operator loses bid to escape $120K wrongful dismissal judgment
The Court of Appeal for Ontario has upheld a ruling that a numbered Ontario company operating as Hampton Inn and Suites in Brantford is jointly liable, as a common employer,… …
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Employment ContractsSubscriber ContentWrongful Dismissal
PREMIUM Ambiguous termination clause sinks Avcorp severance limit, B.C. court awards 9 months
The Supreme Court of British Columbia has awarded a former supply chain manager nine months’ pay in lieu of notice after finding the termination clause in his employment agreement was… …
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PREMIUM B.C. tribunal finds Colliers fired worker over mental disability-linked behaviours
The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal has found that Colliers Project Leaders discriminated against an assistant project manager when it terminated his employment over performance concerns that were, at least… …