The Appeals Commission for Alberta Workers’ Compensation has overturned a decision that deemed a worker with intermediate English language skills suitable for a bilingual customer service position req… Free Membership …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeatured
Former City of Edmonton worker’s duty of fair representation complaint against CUPE dismissed
The Alberta Labour Relations Board has summarily dismissed a duty of fair representation complaint filed by a former City of Edmonton employee who alleged her union failed to properly represent …
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FeaturedJust Cause
Alberta court upholds firing of oil and gas president who fabricated document for $1.7-million bid
An Alberta court has ruled that a small oil and gas services company had just cause to terminate its president after he fabricated an American Petroleum Institute certification document to …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeatured
Union acted reasonably in refusing to file disability grievance, Alberta board finds
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 Albert… …
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FeaturedMental HealthOccupational Health & Safety
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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Occupational Health & SafetySubscriber Content
PREMIUM 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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FeaturedOccupational Health & Safety
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… Free Membership …
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FeaturedLegal News
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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AccommodationSubscriber Content
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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PREMIUM 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… …