The Federal Court has dismissed an application for judicial review brought by a truck driver who was disqualified from receiving Employment Insurance benefits after voluntarily leaving three separate jobs within… …
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Mental HealthSubscriber Content
PREMIUM Employer acted in bad faith by threatening worker after domestic violence incident: Tribunal
A British Columbia worker who claimed she was sexually assaulted by her employer and subjected to workplace harassment can proceed with part of her mental disorder claim after a tribunal… …
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Subscriber ContentWrongful Dismissal
PREMIUM Firing of social media manager right before anniversary was calculated move to avoid severance: Court
An Ontario court has awarded a worker nearly $27,000 in damages after her employer terminated her employment just nine days before her first anniversary, in what the court inferred was… …
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Small Claims CourtSubscriber Content
PREMIUM B.C. chiropractor loses time theft claim against office assistant
A British Columbia chiropractor failed to prove her office assistant overreported hours worked, despite claiming the employee inflated her timesheet by 183.5 hours over several months. The Civil Resolution Tribunal… …
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Sexual HarassmentSubscriber Content
PREMIUM Toyota worker’s harassment claim dismissed after WSIB awarded benefits for same allegations
The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has dismissed a sexual harassment complaint from a Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada worker after finding the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) had already… …
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Subscriber ContentWrongful Dismissal
PREMIUM Ontario court orders Edward Jones to answer discovery questions about executive’s cancer diagnosis
An Ontario judge has ordered Edward Jones Investments to answer questions about what company officials knew regarding a senior executive’s cancer diagnosis and when they knew it, in a wrongful… …
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Just CauseSubscriber Content
PREMIUM Alberta court upholds for-cause dismissal of assembly supervisor over missing safety clips
An Alberta court has upheld the for-cause dismissal of an assembly supervisor after a 40,000-pound van body detached from a truck chassis because required tie-down clips were never installed during… …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsSubscriber Content
PREMIUM Board declines to defer unfair labour practice complaint at University of Calgary to arbitration
The Alberta Labour Relations Board has declined to defer an unfair labour practice complaint to arbitration, finding the matter raises issues of statutory proportion that go beyond interpretation of the… …
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PREMIUM Bell violated agreement by cancelling Saturday stat holiday shifts for part-timers: Arbitrator
An arbitrator has ruled that Bell Technical Solutions violated its collective agreement when it cancelled scheduled work shifts for part-time technicians on statutory holidays that fell on Saturdays in 2023,… …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsSubscriber Content
PREMIUM B.C. physiotherapist’s complaint against union over COVID-19 vaccine termination grievance dismissed
The British Columbia Labour Relations Board has dismissed a duty of fair representation complaint filed by a physiotherapist who alleged her union acted in bad faith by refusing to pursue… …