An arbitrator has directed Mount Royal University in Calgary to pay a lump-sum amount of $267,725 plus interest to a former faculty member after ruling that while there was just…
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FeaturedPrivacyUncategorized
Newfoundland and Labrador moves closer to appointing new privacy commissioner
Newfoundland and Labrador Speaker of the House of Assembly Derek Bennett has submitted a resolution to appoint a new Information and Privacy Commissioner, following a comprehensive selection process that identified…
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FeaturedLegal NewsUncategorized
Employment lawyers propose mandatory mediation to ease backlog at Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario
The Employment Lawyers Association of Ontario (ELAO) is urging the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO) to adopt mandatory mediation, a move they believe will streamline case resolutions and alleviate…
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeaturedUncategorized
Labour board dismisses DFR complaint over union’s document oversight
The Alberta Labour Relations Board has dismissed a duty of fair representation (DFR) complaint filed by a worker against the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union 424, finding that…
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeaturedUncategorized
Arbitrator upholds firing of pilot who made unsubstantiated claims of bribery, corruption against Jazz Aviation and his union
An arbitrator has upheld the termination of a pilot by Jazz Aviation LP, finding that he engaged in serious misconduct by making unsubstantiated allegations of bribery and corruption against the…
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AccommodationFeaturedUncategorized
‘Half-hearted and sporadic’: Appeal court rejects federal worker’s challenge of return-to-work process
The Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed an application by a former Citizenship and Immigration Canada employee who sought judicial review of a labour board’s decision rejecting his claims of…
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FeaturedUncategorizedWrongful Dismissal
Alberta court denies streamlined trial for NAIT department head fired over alleged chair theft
The Court of King’s Bench of Alberta has denied a request for a streamlined trial in the wrongful dismissal lawsuit filed by a former Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT)…
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AccommodationFeaturedUncategorized
Toronto Police Services Board entitled to see medical records of worker seeking accommodation for sleep disorder: Tribunal
The Toronto Police Services Board is entitled to see the medical records of a worker who filed a human rights complaint after seeking accommodation in the form of a later…
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FeaturedMental HealthUncategorized
‘Foreman of the gimp parade’: Driver who endured name-calling after wrist injury awarded anxiety benefits
Ontario’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal (WSIAT) has ruled in favour of a delivery driver, finding that workplace harassment was a substantial stressor that led to the worker’s diagnosed…
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FeaturedMental HealthUncategorizedWrongful Dismissal
Bombardier employee must undergo medical exam, answer questions around substance use: Court
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has ordered a former Bombardier Transportation Canada employee to undergo a medical examination and answer previously unanswered questions related to her substance use. The…
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