A Canadian National Railway Company maintenance worker who was fired both for a workplace safety incident and for testing positive for marijuana has been ordered reinstated by a labour arbitrator,… …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeatured
GFL Environmental loses appeal over fired driver’s cannabis test in Saskatchewan
The Saskatchewan Labour Relations Board has dismissed an appeal by GFL Environmental and upheld a wage assessment for a worker who was fired after testing positive for cannabis. The Board …
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Subscriber ContentWrongful Dismissal
PREMIUM Court upholds Bison Transport firing of driver over failed drug tests
A long-haul truck driver who failed a second random drug test lost his wrongful dismissal claim against Bison Transport, after the Ontario Superior Court of Justice found the company had… …
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Cannabis company worker’s permit refusal for Chinese worker struck down over officer’s wrong-company search
The Federal Court of Canada has set aside a decision by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada to deny a temporary work permit to a worker recruited by Quebec cannabis producer …
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PREMIUM Cannabis firm’s HR manager ordered onto sex offender registry after assaulting two employees
A human resources manager who sexually assaulted two employees at an Ontario cannabis business must register as a sex offender, after the Ontario Superior Court of Justice overturned a lower-court… …
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Probationary child worker, fired over cannabis vape, wins right to disability hearing in Alberta
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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The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal has dismissed a complaint by a former cannabis security manager who alleged his employer failed to consider his anxiety, depression, and addiction relapse be… …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsSubscriber Content
PREMIUM Arbitrator reinstates steel plant worker fired for cannabis use during lunch break
A steel plant worker who was fired after being observed smoking cannabis during his lunch break has been reinstated with a three-month suspension, after an arbitrator found the dismissal was… …
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An Ontario cannabis company seeking to challenge an employment standards order has been told it must pay the full amount owing into trust or risk having its application dismissed. The …
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FeaturedOccupational Health & Safety
Alberta employer denied cost relief by WCB after worker terminated for positive drug test
An Alberta employer has been denied cost relief for workers’ compensation costs after a worker was terminated for workplace safety concerns following a positive drug test for cocaine and cannabis, …

