A federal border security officer was dismissed for cause after an adjudicator found he repeatedly searched confidential immigration databases for personal reasons, used government assets for a side business, associated… …
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PREMIUM Alberta labour board rules Sobeys button ban didn’t breach union rights
The Alberta Labour Relations Board has dismissed a union complaint alleging that Sobeys violated labour legislation by banning employees from wearing campaign buttons in the workplace, finding the grocer’s actions… …
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Subscriber ContentWrongful Dismissal
PREMIUM Eight workers win age discrimination suit after Ontario plant relocated without notice
Eight manufacturing workers have been awarded damages for wrongful dismissal and age discrimination after their employer closed a facility and relocated it more than 100 kilometres away without notice, the… …
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PREMIUM GFL’s without-cause firing before first contract still triggers arbitration: Saskatchewan arbitrator
A Saskatchewan arbitrator has ruled that a waste management company cannot strip a unionized worker of access to the grievance and arbitration process simply by choosing to terminate him without… …
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Subscriber ContentWrongful Dismissal
PREMIUM Project manager at bridge company wins five weeks’ pay after being fired while on probation
A bridge components company failed to follow its own employment contract when it dismissed a project manager without providing termination pay, the Ontario Labour Relations Board has found, ordering the… …
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PREMIUM UBC prof fired 22 minutes before polls closed in union vote loses duty of fair representation fight
A tenured University of British Columbia professor who was fired 22 minutes before polls closed in a union presidential election has failed in his bid to prove his union breached… …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsSubscriber ContentWorkplace Investigations
PREMIUM Yukon board clears PSAC over investigation that ended in resign-or-be-fired choice
The Yukon Public Service Labour Relations Board has dismissed a duty of fair representation complaint filed by a former Yukon government employee, finding her union provided adequate support throughout an… …
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PREMIUM Arbitrator upholds firing of LPN who photographed naked resident
A Newfoundland and Labrador arbitrator has upheld the discharge of a licensed practical nurse employed at a long-term care facility after finding she took and shared a photograph of a… …
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PREMIUM Workplace trauma preceded psychosis in firearms standoff case, board finds
Years of occupational stress, isolation and trauma while working as an apprentice lineman in northern Ontario contributed to the mental health deterioration of a man who was later found not… …
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PREMIUM Candu engineers reinstated after arbitrator finds no just cause for dismissal
Two nuclear engineers dismissed by Candu Energy for sending internal documents to their union must be reinstated with full back pay, an arbitrator has ruled, finding the company failed to… …

