An Alberta labour board has dismissed an employee-led bid to strip a union of its bargaining rights, ruling the revocation application was filed after a new collective agreement had already …
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CUPE failed City of Calgary worker assigned to wrong job for 25 years, labour board rules
The Alberta Labour Relations Board has found that a union breached its duty of fair representation after it dismissed without investigation a worker’s concerns about being reassigned from duties she …
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PREMIUM Alberta long-term care home justified in firing nurse for dishonesty: Arbitrator
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PREMIUM Alberta arbitrator orders in-person hearing at Health Shared Services termination arbitration
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FeaturedLegal CostsWrongful Dismissal
Alberta court orders wrongful dismissal plaintiff to post $20K security for costs
An Alberta court has ordered a plaintiff pursuing wrongful dismissal and harassment claims against an energy trading company to provide $20,000 in security for costs, finding her assertions that she …
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Calgary teacher’s accommodation grievance died with resignation: Alberta labour board
A teacher who resigned from the Calgary School Division after years without a workplace accommodation cannot pursue a grievance under the collective agreement, the Alberta Labour Relations Board has r… …
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PREMIUM Wrongful dismissal claim against West Fraser Mills dismissed after worker walks off job, refuses meeting
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FeaturedOccupational Health & Safety
Interim relief benefits reinstated for injured Alberta worker who missed hearing for driving test
An Alberta worker’s interim relief benefits have been reinstated after the Appeals Commission for Alberta Workers’ Compensation found the Dispute Resolution and Decision Review Body had no authority u… Free …
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Alberta board grants two unions access to remote oil sands work camp for organizing
The Alberta Labour Relations Board has ordered Civeo and Lighthouse Camp Services to allow organizers from UFCW Local 401 and UNITE HERE Local 47 into Wapasu Creek Lodge, a remote …
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FeaturedJust CauseProfessional MisconductSexual Harassment
Alberta court upholds teacher’s firing after she sat on student’s lap and ground against him
An Alberta court has upheld the termination of a teacher who sat on a student’s lap and ground against him, ruling the conduct amounted to sexual assault and that dismissal …


