An arbitrator has upheld the terminations of eight out of 10 employees at Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences who refused to comply with the hospital’s COVID-19 vaccination policy,… …
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PREMIUM B.C. tribunal accepts late-filed human rights complaint from care aide citing PTSD symptoms
The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal accepted a discrimination complaint filed three weeks past the one-year deadline after finding a care aide’s post-traumatic stress disorder prevented her from recognizing workplace… …
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PREMIUM Fired nurse awarded workers’ comp benefits despite on-the-job misconduct
A registered practical nurse who was terminated for breaching confidentiality policies during her gradual return to work following COVID-19 has won partial compensation benefits, after a tribunal ruled her workplace… …
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PREMIUM Arbitrator orders virtual hearing after teacher with medical restrictions asks for accommodation
An arbitrator has ruled that a labour arbitration hearing must proceed virtually after a teacher with medical restrictions requested the accommodation, rejecting the school board’s argument that the case should… …
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PREMIUM Canadian Tire worker awarded $50K after sexual harassment, wrongful termination
A Toronto retail worker has been awarded nearly $50,000 after a Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario found she was sexually harassed by her supervisor and then fired in retaliation for… …
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PREMIUM Beer worker who said he ‘might as well retire’ during COVID layoff wins wrongful dismissal case
A British Columbia Supreme Court has ruled that an employee’s ambiguous comment about retirement during a pandemic layoff did not constitute a clear resignation, awarding him six months’ pay after… …
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PREMIUM 🔒Bookkeeper wins constructive dismissal case after office desk reassignment
A British Columbia Provincial Court has ruled that a company constructively dismissed its senior bookkeeper when it moved her from her own desk to a smaller workspace to make room… …
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PREMIUM Oil worker wins wrongful dismissal case after driving truck into water
An Alberta court has awarded a fuel and lubricant technician $95,000 in damages after finding his employer wrongfully terminated him for driving a company truck into standing water at a… …
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PREMIUM WSIB assessment trumps doctor’s note in casino worker’s dismissed accommodation case
The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario dismissed a disability discrimination complaint from a casino worker who alleged her employer failed to accommodate her injury by refusing to reduce her work… …
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PREMIUM Employer denied cost transfer request in claim tied to WCB rehab provider’s alleged negligence
An Alberta employer has failed in its attempt to shift workers’ compensation claim costs onto a rehabilitation service provider, after the Appeals Commission ruled the Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB) policies… …


