A job applicant’s human rights complaint against Sirkit Ltd. has been dismissed after technical problems disrupted three attempts at a virtual interview, a member of the Alberta Human Rights Commissio… …
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A Calgary restaurant’s bid to reduce a $5,480.53 overtime and vacation pay order has failed after the Alberta Labour Relations Board, sitting as an employment standards appeal body, found the …
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PREMIUM Worker who fuelled family member’s car using employer’s gas card loses disability benefits
An Alberta driver who used his employer’s fuel card to put gas in a family member’s car has lost his entitlement to full wage-loss benefits, after the Appeals Commission for… …
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Alberta lifeguard’s religious objection to paying union dues rejected
A casual lifeguard hired by the Town of Ponoka has had her bid to be exempted from paying union dues on religious grounds dismissed by the Alberta Labour Relations Board. …
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PREMIUM United Nurses of Alberta’s LTD policy ruled discriminatory but justified
Ten employees of the United Nurses of Alberta who stood to receive reduced long-term disability benefits over a pre-existing medical condition have lost their grievances, despite an Alberta arbitrator finding… …
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Alberta board rejects operating engineer’s bid to undo union settlement
An operating engineer who signed a settlement agreement resolving his duty of fair representation complaint against his union, then tried to retract it weeks later, will not get his complaint …
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Alberta painter awarded $74K after being repeatedly propositioned for sex by her supervisor
A painter who rejected her supervisor’s repeated propositions for sex has been awarded more than $74,000 by the Human Rights Tribunal of Alberta, which found she was fired days after …
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PREMIUM Mount Royal University ordered to warn worker before anti-abortion protests
A Mount Royal University employee who suffered a miscarriage years ago must be given advance notice before anti-abortion demonstrators display graphic imagery on campus, an Alberta arbitrator has ordered, after… …
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FeaturedWrongful Dismissal
Vermilion Energy denied second appeal in wrongful dismissal share dispute by Alberta’s top court
Vermilion Energy has been denied a further appeal in a dispute over whether an employee’s severance award should have included damages for share grants that would have vested during her …
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Newly Institute ordered to pay former chief scientific officer $300K for wrongful dismissal
A former chief scientific officer at the Newly Institute has been awarded $300,000 in wrongful dismissal damages, plus interest, by the Court of King’s Bench of Alberta. The executive had …

