The Human Rights Tribunal of Alberta has overturned, in part, a decision to dismiss a discrimination complaint filed by a former probationary child intervention practitioner who alleged her terminatio… Free …
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PREMIUM Wood Buffalo workers awarded damages over CAO’s mass-layoff notice
An Alberta arbitrator has ordered the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo to pay $300 to each member of a CUPE bargaining unit and reimburse the union $68,193, finding the former… …
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Bethany Care met duty to accommodate health care aide in Alberta: arbitrator
An Alberta arbitrator has dismissed three grievances filed by the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees on behalf of a health care aide who alleged her employer failed to accommodate her …
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Church pastors in Ontario must take termination fight to Alberta, court rules
Two pastors hired to establish an Ontario church branch must pursue their wrongful termination claims in Alberta, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice has ruled, after finding a forum selection …
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Majestic Electric’s appeal shorts out most of an unpaid overtime bill for Alberta electrician
An Alberta electrician’s apprentice who filed an Employment Standards complaint over unpaid overtime has won a partial victory, with the Alberta Labour Relations Board reducing the amount owed by his …
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PREMIUM Alberta packing company worker who abandoned job loses bid for termination pay
An Alberta packaging company has successfully overturned an employment standards order after a tribunal found a worker abandoned his job rather than being terminated. The Alberta Labour Relations Board, acting… …
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The Alberta Human Rights Commission received 2,669 potential complaint forms in 2024-25 — the highest number in 30 years — while accepted complaints rose to 1,175, according to the commission’s …
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PREMIUM 66-year-old Town of Taber worker, fired for cause, will have discrimination complaint heard
A 66-year-old municipal worker whose employment was terminated for cause has had his age discrimination complaint referred to a human rights tribunal after a senior commission official overturned a director’s… …
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PREMIUM Worker ordered to pay former employer $492K in legal costs after fabricating trial documents
An Alberta worker who introduced fabricated documents during a wrongful dismissal trial has been ordered to pay his former employer more than $492,000 in costs, after the Court of King’s… …
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A Black worker who alleged racial discrimination and wrongful termination by an Alberta insurance company has had his human rights complaint dismissed after a tribunal found he unreasonably rejected a… …


