A steel plant worker who was fired after being observed smoking cannabis during his lunch break has been reinstated with a three-month suspension, after an arbitrator found the dismissal was… …
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ImmigrationSubscriber Content
PREMIUM Ontario board orders employer to produce recruitment cost records in foreign worker case
The Ontario Labour Relations Board has directed an employer to produce all records of recruitment-related costs and communications with an immigration consultant, rejecting the employer’s argument that procedural confusion during… …
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PREMIUM Turkish restaurant in Mississauga, Ont., ordered to pay servers $16K for improperly distributed tips
A Mississauga restaurant has been ordered to pay two former servers more than $16,000 after the Ontario Labour Relations Board found it failed to prove it had a proper tip… …
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Sexual HarassmentSubscriber Content
PREMIUM Appeal court dismisses $2.5-million defamation counterclaim over harassment allegations shared online
The Ontario Court of Appeal has dismissed a $2.5-million defamation counterclaim against a former employee who shared online allegations about workplace harassment and document forgery by her former employer. The… …
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PREMIUM Sobeys fires 33-year meat cutter for using racial and homophobic slurs in workplace
A Nova Scotia small claims court has upheld the termination of a long-term Sobeys employee who repeatedly used racial and homophobic slurs in the workplace, finding the conduct constituted wilful… …
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PREMIUM Ontario labour board awards dispatcher $185,000 in overtime and reprisal damages
The Ontario Labour Relations Board has ordered a company to pay a former dispatcher more than $185,000 after finding he was owed substantial overtime and was terminated in reprisal for… …
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PREMIUM B.C. court upholds dismissal of correctional officer trainee’s human rights complaint
A British Columbia court has upheld a human rights tribunal decision dismissing a discrimination complaint from a probationary correctional officer who alleged he was targeted during training because of his… …
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Professional MisconductSexual HarassmentSubscriber Content
PREMIUM Alberta court overturns pharmacist sexual abuse finding in case involving pre-existing relationship
The Alberta Court of Appeal has overturned a finding of sexual abuse against a pharmacist who prescribed medication to a woman with whom he was already in a sexual relationship,… …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsSubscriber Content
PREMIUM Alberta worker fired for racist slurs loses grievance after calling Black colleagues n-word, monkey
An Alberta arbitrator has upheld the termination of a long-service manufacturing employee who called Black co-workers racist slurs including the n-word and “monkey,” finding the misconduct too serious to overlook… …
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PREMIUM Library of Parliament loses bid to keep telework out of arbitration for 135 employees
The Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board has jurisdiction to include certain terms and conditions relating to telework in arbitral awards for Library of Parliament employees, according to… …