A British Columbia strata corporation must provide copies of non-union employment contracts to a unit owner after wrongly refusing the request on privacy grounds, the Civil Resolution Tribunal has ruled.… …
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PREMIUM Patient awarded workplace-related damages after emergency doctor failed to follow up on radiologist’s cancer warning
A British Columbia emergency physician has been found liable for failing to contact a patient about a radiologist’s report that flagged a potentially concerning nodule on a chest X-ray, leading… …
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PREMIUM Worker loses malicious prosecution appeal after creating fake news story about workplace shooting
A British Columbia worker who created and distributed a fake newspaper article describing herself shooting and killing two former co-workers has lost her appeal of a court decision dismissing her… …
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PREMIUM Fight with law firm over legal fees for wrongful dismissal, WSIB cases heads to arbitration
An Ontario court has ordered a former client to resolve her fee dispute with her employment law firm through arbitration rather than court assessment, rejecting arguments that the arbitration clause… …
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PREMIUM Railway worker, fired after three runaway train cars rolled into neighbouring worksite, reinstated
An arbitrator in Alberta has reinstated a railway operator who was terminated after three empty railcars rolled uncontrolled into an adjacent worksite, finding that while the employee committed serious safety… …
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An employer who failed to maintain proper payroll records for a live-in caregiver has lost its appeal of a determination that it owed $13,337.59 in overtime wages and penalties. The… …
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PREMIUM Employer’s demotion offer to executive returning from mat leave ruled constructive dismissal
An Ontario court has awarded $330,000 in damages to an executive who was constructively dismissed when her employer offered her a demotion and pay cut upon her return from maternity… …
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PREMIUM Indigenous sous chef’s human rights complaint dismissed after overhearing colleague’s comments about reserves
An Indigenous sous chef’s human rights complaint was dismissed after she resigned following comments made by a coworker about eliminating reserves, with the Alberta Human Rights Tribunal finding the employer… …
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PREMIUM Ontario town can’t claim councillor is employee to hide mayor’s reprimand letter: Privacy commissioner
The Town of Petrolia cannot withhold a letter from its mayor to a councillor by claiming the elected official is a municipal employee, Ontario’s privacy commissioner has ruled. The Information… …
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PREMIUM Nova Scotia cop’s DFR case against union proceeds in wake of alleged racist banana peel incident
A Nova Scotia police officer’s duty of fair representation complaint against his union will proceed to a review officer after the provincial labour board found the union failed to adequately… …


