A federal labour board has dismissed a grievance filed by a former Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada research technician who alleged his termination was discriminatory, made in bad faith, and amounted… …
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PREMIUM New Brunswick pub ordered to pay worker $5.5K after liquor shortage dispute led to firing
A New Brunswick pub has been ordered to pay a former bartender and shift supervisor more than $5,500 after the province’s Labour and Employment Board found her termination was connected… …
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PREMIUM Termination too harsh for forklift operator who failed to report racking damage, arbitrator finds
A cold-storage warehouse worker in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, who was fired for failing to report damage he caused to a metal racking system has been reinstated — but without back… …
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PREMIUM Carpooling power line workers not in course of employment during commute, tribunal rules
Two transmission line workers injured in a 2020 highway crash were not in the course of their employment at the time of the accident, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals… …
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PREMIUM WSIB ordered to stop excluding union rep from meetings after criminal charges filed
The Ontario Labour Relations Board has ordered the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board to stop refusing to participate in meetings and hearings where a union national representative is present, pending… …
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PREMIUM Alberta worker awarded TTD benefits after witnessing fatal shooting outside workplace
An Alberta worker who witnessed an armed person shot and killed outside her workplace is entitled to temporary total disability (TTD) benefits for more than two years after the workers’… …
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PREMIUM B.C. Liquor store manager ordered to repay $814K after admitting to decade-long wage scheme
A British Columbia Supreme Court has dismissed a wrongful dismissal claim by the former manager of a Penticton liquor store and ordered him to repay more than $814,000 to the… …
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PREMIUM OLRB dismisses safety reprisal claims by two Leadec workers at Ford’s Oakville plant
The Ontario Labour Relations Board has dismissed reprisal complaints filed by two workers employed by industrial services contractor Leadec at Ford Motor Company’s assembly plant in Oakville, finding no connection… …
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PREMIUM Statistics Canada supervisor fired for falsifying monitoring reports over four-month period
A federal labour board has upheld the termination of a Statistics Canada call centre supervisor who submitted false quality monitoring reports on 41 occasions over roughly four months, finding that… …
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PREMIUM Ontario court awards $450K in legal costs against founder who misappropriated funds, defied orders
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has ordered a company founder to pay $450,000 in legal costs after he was found to have breached his fiduciary duties, engaged in oppression,… …


