An Ontario arbitrator has upheld the termination of a Stericycle medical-waste worker and dismissed six grievances challenging a string of disciplinary actions, finding he repeatedly ignored safety rules and refused… …
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PREMIUM COPE Ontario ordered to pay $17,000 over director’s gossiping
The Canadian Office and Professional Employees Union must pay $17,000 to two former labour relations specialists after an arbitrator found that its executive director subjected them to pervasive gossip, intimidation… …
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PREMIUM Educational assistant denied mental stress benefits after special needs work
An educational assistant who developed depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder after years working with aggressive special needs students will not receive mental stress benefits, after Ontario’s Workplace Safety and… …
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PREMIUM Female manager at Mt. Baldy ski resort paid less than men, but no discrimination found: B.C. tribunal
A female ski resort manager who earned thousands of dollars less than the two men who previously held her role was not the victim of sex discrimination, the British Columbia… …
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PREMIUM TTC track patroller fired for time theft loses grievance
A Toronto Transit Commission track patroller who was fired for time theft has lost his bid to get his job back, after an arbitrator found he spent hours of paid… …
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PREMIUM Arbitrator upholds dismissal of Sunwing Airlines pilot over fried chicken email
A sole arbitrator has dismissed a grievance challenging the termination of a Sunwing Airlines pilot who sent a late-night email requesting fried chicken, watermelon and non-alcoholic beer during a layover… …
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PREMIUM Podcasters lose bid to lift orders over witness-intimidation campaign in high profile wrongful dismissal fight in Alberta
The Court of King’s Bench of Alberta has refused to set aside ex parte restraining, Anton Piller and contempt-citation orders granted to a former Alberta Health Services board member who… …
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Just CauseSexual HarassmentSubscriber Content
PREMIUM Correctional officer fired after second wave of harassment complaints
A federal labour board has upheld three disciplinary measures against a Correctional Service of Canada officer, including his termination, after finding he sexually harassed multiple female colleagues, made threats against… …
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PREMIUM Saskatchewan board upholds firing of co-op worker who shredded key document
The Saskatchewan Labour Relations Board has dismissed an appeal from a former Meadow Lake Co-operative Association employee, affirming an adjudicator’s finding that the retail co-operative had just cause to terminate… …
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PREMIUM B.C. arbitrator tosses final warning for technician who photographed unsafe coworker
A British Columbia arbitrator has overturned a final written warning issued to a senior guideway technician at ProTrans BC Operations after the worker photographed a coworker cutting rail without a… …