An Alberta employer has lost its appeal challenging the acceptance of a worker’s shoulder injury claim, despite evidence the employee had high levels of drugs in his system at the …
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Occupational Health & SafetyWorkplace News
Calgary manufacturer pays $125,000 fine after employee injured on machinery
An Alberta oil and gas equipment manufacturer has been fined $125,000 after a worker was seriously injured on a lathe at its Calgary facility. Steelhaus Technologies Inc. pleaded guilty July …
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Subscriber ContentWrongful Dismissal
PREMIUM General manager of electrical contractor wins 26-month notice period of more than $1.5 million
An Alberta court has awarded a general manager 26 months’ notice and $1.5 million in damages after finding his termination was tantamount to forced retirement, marking a rare case where… …
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PREMIUM AHS ordered to pay $40,000 for removing nurse from unit after sexual harassment by neurologist
Alberta Health Services has been ordered to pay $40,000 in general damages to a registered nurse after an arbitrator found the health authority failed to provide a safe workplace and… …
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Pacific Rim Industrial fined $210,000 after worker dies in fall at oil sands facility
An Alberta insulation contractor has been fined $210,000 after a worker died falling through a roof opening at an oil sands facility. Pacific Rim Industrial Insulations Ltd. pleaded guilty July …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeaturedOccupational Health & SafetyPrivacy
Alberta labour board upholds ruling that ATCO breached worker’s privacy with drug testing
Alberta’s Labour Relations Board has dismissed applications from both ATCO Electric and the Canadian Energy Workers Association challenging an arbitration decision that found the employer breached a w… Free Membership …
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Subscriber ContentWrongful Dismissal
PREMIUM Employee’s lawsuit dismissed after Alberta court finds her resignation was never retracted
An Alberta court has dismissed a wrongful dismissal lawsuit brought by a longtime employee of Environmental 360 Solutions Ltd. (E360), ruling she failed to withdraw a resignation submitted nearly a… …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeatured
Alberta board allows proposal vote at Town of Coaldale despite unfair labour practice complaints
The Alberta Labour Relations Board has ruled that the Town of Coaldale can proceed with a proposal vote on its final contract offer to municipal employees, despite two pending unfair …
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PREMIUM Alberta contractor fined $5,000 after worker falls from scaffold, fails to report incident
A general contractor has been hit with a $5,000 administrative penalty after failing to report a serious workplace injury and allowing work to continue in violation of a stop work… …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeatured
Union had right to withdraw Mount Royal University lecturer’s grievance over residency requirement: Labour board
An Alberta labour relations board has dismissed a duty of fair representation complaint from a sessional lecturer who argued her union acted improperly when it withdrew grievances related to her …

