A Best Services Pro supervisor who did not tell the company about his son’s deteriorating mental health before the son fatally beat a security guard at UBC Okanagan was acting… …
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Worker cleared after hatchet-fight at Saskatoon poultry plant, but court trims compensation
A Saskatoon poultry plant worker fired after a parking-lot fight involving two hatchet-wielding husbands will be compensated for his years of service only up to the day he was terminated, …
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PREMIUM PEI tribunal rejects workplace harassment claim over knife-waving incident
An administrative support worker who reported a coworker waved a utility knife in her face, among other incidents, has lost her appeal for workers’ compensation benefits related to a psychological… …
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B.C. janitor reinstated with four-month unpaid suspension after threatening to kill supervisor
A British Columbia labour arbitrator has ordered a SerVantage Services janitorial worker reinstated after she was fired for threatening to kill her supervisor, substituting a four-month unpaid suspens… Free Membership …
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Legal group urges B.C. to restrict NDAs in workplace gender-based violence cases
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberThe Community Legal Assistance Society (CLAS) is urging the British Columbia government to ban or sharply limit non-disclosure agreements in cases of gender-based violence, saying the contracts silenc… Free Membership …
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Nurse suspended after reporting threat at B.C. homeless encampment loses reprisal appeal
A registered nurse who said her employer suspended her in reprisal for reporting a threatening encounter at a homeless encampment has lost her appeal, with the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal …
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PREMIUM Wood Buffalo paramedic fired after pushing colleague into a fridge door loses grievance
An advanced care paramedic firefighter who was fired after a confrontation with a co-worker during a shift change has lost his bid to get his job back, after an Alberta… …
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PREMIUM Arbitrator dismisses coal miner’s grievance after worker intimidated witnesses
An arbitrator has dismissed a coal miner’s wrongful dismissal grievance against Elk Valley Resources after finding the worker sent intimidating messages to material witnesses scheduled to testify against him in… …
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Alberta daycare worker fired for cause after pulling child’s hair
The Alberta Labour Relations Board has overturned an employment standards order that required a Fort McKay First Nation daycare to pay nearly $10,000 in termination pay to a former early …
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PREMIUM Ford worker’s human rights claim dismissed after assault finding
A Ford Motor Company assembly line worker in Ontario has lost his human rights complaint alleging disability discrimination and reprisal, after the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario found his termination… …