An Alberta labour tribunal has found that a temporary foreign worker brought to Canada to serve as an office administrator was an employee throughout his entire engagement — and never …
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A probationary teacher who resigned rather than comply with her school’s COVID-19 vaccination policy failed to show her anxiety disorder actually prevented her from getting the shot, the Court of …
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PREMIUM Alberta labour board rules Sobeys button ban didn’t breach union rights
The Alberta Labour Relations Board has dismissed a union complaint alleging that Sobeys violated labour legislation by banning employees from wearing campaign buttons in the workplace, finding the grocer’s actions… …
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EPCOR loses bid to overturn family status accommodation ruling
The Alberta Labour Relations Board has dismissed an application by EPCOR to overturn an arbitration award that found the utility company failed to accommodate two electricians with childcare obligatio… Free …
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The Human Rights Tribunal of Alberta has refused to dismiss a disability discrimination complaint against the University of Alberta, finding that an internal grievance process that never reached arbit… Free …
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PREMIUM Worker hurt lifting heavy dog in Alberta has $30 million lawsuit against WCB struck
An Alberta court has thrown out a $30-million lawsuit against the Workers’ Compensation Board, ruling the worker’s statement of claim was so lacking in factual detail that it could not… …
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A British Columbia employment standards tribunal has upheld a ruling requiring an Alberta-based publisher to pay wages, commissions, and vacation pay to a former worker who performed her job entirely …
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Alberta court upholds dismissal of discrimination complaints by two Black workers at seniors home
Two Black workers who alleged racial discrimination and retaliation by their employer, a publicly funded Alberta seniors housing organization, have failed in their bid to overturn a tribunal ruling th… …
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Account manager at Alberta sign company loses appeal for extra termination pay, unpaid commissions
An Alberta worker who argued he was owed four weeks of termination pay and more than two years of unpaid commissions has lost his appeal before the Alberta Labour Relations …
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An Alberta court has granted an interlocutory injunction blocking a former CEO and his artificial intelligence company from launching a software product that would directly compete with an education t… …

