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PREMIUM Flight attendant’s dismissal for sexual harassment reduced to suspension after 34 years of service
An Air Canada flight attendant with more than 34 years of service who was terminated following sexual harassment allegations has been reinstated with a three-month suspension after an arbitrator found… …
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Air Canada’s vaccine accommodation process scrutinized in pilot grievances arbitration
An arbitrator has dismissed a union motion that sought to limit the scope of proceedings in multiple grievances related to Air Canada’s COVID-19 vaccination policy, ruling that compensation claims for… …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeaturedSexual Harassment
Air Canada flight attendant barred from intervening in colleague’s discharge arbitration
A flight attendant who accused a colleague of sexual harassment has been denied the right to intervene in the arbitration over his dismissal, a ruling that puts into focus the …
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Air Canada flight attendant partially granted confidentiality in discrimination case
A former Air Canada flight attendant has been partially granted a confidentiality order by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal in her ongoing discrimination case against the airline. The attendant, wh… …
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Arbitrator sides with Air Canada in dispute over drug-testing a flight attendant’s hair sample
An arbitrator has sided with Air Canada in a dispute with a union over conducting a drug test using a hair sample from a flight attendant whose colleagues expressed concern …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeaturedJust Cause
Air Canada’s termination of worker who failed to disclose pre-existing chronic back pain during hiring process upheld at arbitration
Air Canada fired a station attendant — a position requiring heavy lifting — after he failed to disclose a pre-existing chronic back pain condition during the hiring process. Now, a …
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‘The best of poor options’: Union steward at airline caterer gets damages, but not job back, as arbitrator cites poisoned work environment
A Toronto-based company that provides in-flight meals and products for airlines took a flawed approach to terminating a union chief steward, but the arbitrator stopped short of reinstating him because… …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeaturedSexual Harassment
Air Canada loses bid to defer grievance over pilot’s sexual harassment on layover in Tel Aviv
Air Canada has lost its bid to defer a grievance involving a worker who was sexually harassed by a pilot. The incident took place in 2018 on a layover in …
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Air Canada worker awarded 24 months’ notice following COVID-related termination
The dust has settled from another pandemic-related termination at Air Canada. This time, a long-term employee was awarded 24 months’ notice. The Ontario Superior Court of Justice also delved into …