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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FeaturedPrivacyUncategorized
Nunavut privacy commissioner orders further search for ‘do not hire’ records in response to worker’s concern
Graham Steele, Nunavut’s Information and Privacy Commissioner, has ruled that the Department of Human Resources (HR) must undertake further searches for records that may reveal whether a former Department of …
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FeaturedSmall Claims CourtUncategorized
Truck driver deemed dependent contractor in Ontario small claims court ruling
An Ontario court has ruled that a truck driver for Ararat Trading Corp. was not an independent contractor but rather a dependent contractor. The court found that I.H., who had …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeaturedMental HealthUncategorized
Union argues TTC worker who quit should be reinstated, pointing to his inability to make rational decisions
A former carhouse operator for the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) is seeking to void his resignation, citing an incapacity to make rational decisions due to mental disability. The case, heard …
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