The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has dismissed a worker’s discrimination and reprisal complaint against Matrix Logistics Services, ruling the application fell outside its jurisdiction because the … Free Membership …
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PREMIUM EllisDon can’t deny LTD based on age, arbitrator rules
EllisDon Facilities Services (Osler) breached its collective agreement when it refused to consider a worker’s long-term disability claim because he was over 65 at the time he became disabled, an… …
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OPSEU’s charter challenge to age-70 benefits cutoff forces 11th-hour adjournment
An Ontario arbitrator has granted a union’s request to adjourn an arbitration hearing over the discontinuance of a hospital worker’s benefits at age 70, despite the employer’s strong objection that …
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PREMIUM Vaughan, Ont., firefighter wins right to apply for training officer role past age 60
An Ontario arbitrator has ruled that the City of Vaughan breached its collective agreement and the Ontario Human Rights Code when it refused to consider a 60-year-old suppression firefighter for… …
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PREMIUM 66-year-old Town of Taber worker, fired for cause, will have discrimination complaint heard
A 66-year-old municipal worker whose employment was terminated for cause has had his age discrimination complaint referred to a human rights tribunal after a senior commission official overturned a director’s… …
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Holiday Inn worker can’t revive discrimination claims settled at arbitration
A self-represented hotel worker has lost her bid to have two Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario decisions reconsidered, with the tribunal finding she was attempting to relitigate claims already settled …
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By Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay Many businesses say they’re suffering from labour shortages, but what are their management practices and what measures could be put in place to retain experienced workers? In …
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Ontario tribunal reverses abandonment decision after applicant’s email went unrecorded
The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has granted reconsideration of a decision that dismissed a discrimination application as abandoned, after determining the applicant had continued to correspond wit… Free Membership …
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PREMIUM Alberta tribunal dismisses Capital Power worker’s complaint over camera-off job interview
The Alberta Human Rights Tribunal has upheld the dismissal of discrimination complaints filed by a former Capital Power Corporation employee who alleged she was denied a promotion partly because she… …
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Worker told she was hired for being ‘pretty’ and ‘hot’ filed rights claim too late: tribunal
A former Kas Kitchens employee’s claim that she was told she was hired because she was “pretty” or “hot” rather than for her qualifications has been dismissed by the Human …