A $40,000 disability discrimination award to a former Suncor Energy planner has been quashed after the Court of King’s Bench of Alberta found the human rights tribunal misstated staffing numbers …
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PREMIUM Friend-created job not enough to set injured worker’s benefits
An Alberta worker whose foot was crushed by a forklift in 2004 had a recurrence of his compensable psychological condition in 2023, the Appeals Commission for Alberta Workers’ Compensation has… …
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A former associate at Calgary law firm Grey Wowk Spencer can’t pursue her gender discrimination complaint against one of the firm’s partners personally, the Alberta Human Rights Commission has ruled. …
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An Alberta oilfield services company must pay a former rig floor hand $122.26 in Good Friday holiday pay. The company could not show that his job had ended when work …
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Our FavouritesWrongful Dismissal
Worker demands former employer’s lawyer sign apology, gets held in contempt instead
A former employee of Advanced Orthomolecular Research who walked out of a court-ordered cross-examination after the company’s lawyer refused to sign a document admitting “I made mistakes, and I was …
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Our FavouritesWrongful Dismissal
AHS funded the job, university was the employer: Alberta court dismisses clinician’s suit
An academic clinician who spent 17 years doing laboratory work in an Alberta Health Services facility cannot sue the health authority for wrongful dismissal, because the University of Alberta was …
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An Edmonton police officer who alleges the Edmonton Police Service discriminated against him because of his disability will not be named in any decision in his case. The Human Rights …
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A drilling rig worker who turned down a $23,000 settlement offer from Ensign Drilling has lost his disability discrimination complaint after the offer was found to be fair and reasonable. …
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FeaturedSmall Claims Court
Trucking firm can’t recoup hiring costs after new driver refuses Calgary route
A long-haul driver who backed out of a new trucking job after being assigned a Calgary run does not have to repay $2,782.35 in hiring expenses to O.J. Ventures, the …
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A City of Leduc driver fired after leaving a client with Down syndrome alone at a front door for about nine minutes will not get a hearing on his claim …


