A Brampton, Ont., machine operator fired by Olymel after 27 years for making derogatory comments about Indian co-workers and posting on Facebook that “all immigrants” should be sent “back to… …
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A former Red Lobster worker declared a vexatious litigant after sending opposing counsel a profane email and a photo of feces-smeared underwear has lost his bid to have that ruling… …
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A former Alberta Blue Cross employee’s long-term partner will be allowed to testify at her human rights hearing, but only about what he personally saw, the Human Rights Tribunal of… …
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PREMIUM Co-worker’s suicide after meeting with manager not traumatic, workers’ comp denied
A library web technician who said a new manager’s conduct and a co-worker’s suicide left him with a psychological injury is not entitled to workers’ compensation, British Columbia’s Workers’ Compensation… …
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PREMIUM Academic loses fight with University of Toronto after alleging discrimination based on citizenship
A postdoctoral scholar in Italian studies who was passed over for a University of Toronto teaching job after the hiring director asked about his citizenship has lost his human rights… …
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PREMIUM Employer-paid Uber doesn’t make alleged sexual assault work-related: Tribunal
A catering manager at a B.C. sports venue who says a co-worker sexually assaulted her after a night of after-hours drinking with colleagues has been denied compensation for a mental… …
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PREMIUM CN engineer’s Friday-Saturday sick days don’t justify 20 demerits: Arbitrator
A Canadian National Railway locomotive engineer who booked off sick three Fridays and Saturdays in a row has had 20 demerit points removed from her record. The arbitrator found the… …
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PREMIUM B.C. employer cites ‘lack of work,’ not worker’s bizarre conduct, and loses reprisal case
A B.C. construction labourer cut off from work weeks after reporting safety concerns was the target of a prohibited reprisal, the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal has ruled. The tribunal reached… …
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PREMIUM Firing at fast food joint in front of Elders was abusive, B.C. tribunal rules
A newly hired Indigenous project superintendent who was fired in a fast-food restaurant in front of Elders, hours after his manager refused his request to have a job site blessed,… …
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PREMIUM Stillbirth counts as death for CIPA Lumber bereavement leave: arbitrator
A mill worker whose wife delivered a stillborn daughter is entitled to three days of paid bereavement leave, an arbitrator has ruled. The arbitrator found that a stillbirth counts as… …


