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… …
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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 …

