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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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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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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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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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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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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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… …
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PREMIUM Totally Nuts controller awarded $492,000 after wrongful dismissal following medical leave
A Quebec employer has been ordered to pay more than $492,000 in damages after wrongfully dismissing a long-serving controller who refused to resign during a salary dispute, then pursued baseless… …
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PREMIUM Arbitrator overturns firing of Saskatoon Open Door Society worker after profane outburst
An arbitrator has overturned the termination of a cultural bridging facilitator at Saskatoon Open Door Society who told her supervisor to “f— off” during a heated workplace meeting, finding the… …


