An Alberta worker’s complaint that his union breached its duty of fair representation by refusing to file a grievance over long-term disability benefits administration has been dismissed by the Alberta …
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Worker awarded compensation after finding women’s underwear in locker
An Alberta worker who developed major depression after discovering what appeared to be a child’s underwear in his work locker has been granted compensation for a traumatic psychological injury. The …
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🔒Alberta board revokes penalties against property owner after OHS failed to prove work site existed
An Alberta property owner has successfully appealed $2,000 in administrative penalties after occupational health and safety officials could not establish his rural property was actually a work site, according to …
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Alberta board orders OHS to reconsider finding that pipefitter resigned
The Alberta Labour Relations Board has remitted a workplace safety complaint back to Occupational Health and Safety for reconsideration, finding the officer’s conclusion that a pipefitter resigned was not supported …
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Alberta Court of Appeal strikes down mandatory oath of allegiance to monarch for lawyers
The Alberta Court of Appeal has declared unconstitutional a provincial law requiring lawyers to swear an oath of allegiance to the monarch, finding it violated the religious freedom of a …
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🔒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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🔒Alberta precast company discriminated against worker with alcohol use disorder, tribunal rules
The Alberta Human Rights Tribunal has found that a precast concrete manufacturer discriminated against a managing partner when it terminated his employment due to his alcohol use disorder without accommodating …
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Most of University of Calgary prof’s complaint against union dismissed
The Alberta Labour Relations Board has dismissed most allegations in a duty of fair representation complaint brought by a faculty member against the Faculty Association of the University of Calgary, …
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Alberta board consolidates harassment grievances against Edmonton Police Service
A vice-chair with the Alberta Labour Relations Board has ordered two separate harassment grievances filed against the Edmonton Police Service to be consolidated into a single arbitration hearing, finding the …
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Alberta worker awarded compensation for PTSD following coworker’s sexual threat
An Alberta worker’s claim for post-traumatic stress disorder has been upheld after an appeals panel found she experienced a traumatic workplace incident when a coworker threatened her with sexual violence. …