An arbitrator has overturned the dismissal of a crane operator at Sterling Crane in Edmonton who was fired for making a sexist comment in the workplace. Arbitrator Mia Norrie found …
Construction
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Occupational Health & SafetyWorkplace News
Construction firm in Windsor, Ont., fined $80K after workers injured in platform collapse
Amico Contractors Inc., a Windsor-based construction company, has been fined $80,000 after two workers were injured in a workplace accident. The incident occurred on July 25, 2022, at a construction …
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Workplace News
Union campaign sheds light on construction tax fraud, highlighting underpayment and lack of proper workplace benefits
The United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America’s Canadian District (UBC) has launched an awareness campaign to highlight tax fraud within the construction industry and its detrimental effects on …
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FeaturedSexual Harassment
Three former workers at TJ Construction Management awarded more than $320,000 for harassment, discrimination by CEO
Three former employees of TJ Construction Management have been awarded damages totaling more than $320,000 after the Human Rights Tribunal of Alberta ruled they had been subjected to gender-based harassment …
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FeaturedSmall Claims CourtWrongful Dismissal
Quit or fired? Small claims court awarded B.C. construction manager $5,000 severance
A construction manager has been awarded $5,000 in severance pay from his former employer, Countryside Woodworks, by the British Columbia Civil Resolution Tribunal. The dispute revolved around whether the manager, …
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Occupational Health & SafetyWorkplace Legislation/Press Releases
Roofer in Belleville, Ont., banned from construction industry after multiple safety violations
In a significant move by the Ontario Court of Justice, SB, a Belleville-based roofing company owner, has been barred from working in the construction industry following his latest conviction for …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeatured
Union did nothing wrong in refusing to grieve termination of worker who threw a ladder following verbal altercation: Board
An Alberta construction worker, let go after throwing a ladder in the wake of a verbal confrontation, has lost his duty of fair representation claim after he alleged his union …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeaturedWrongful Dismissal
Company’s ‘unconscious bias’ in firing of Black worker from transit project cited in $160,000 arbitration award
A Black construction worker, fired without cause from Toronto’s Eglinton Crosstown LRT transit project, has been awarded more than $160,000 by an arbitrator — including $20,000 in human rights damages. …
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FeaturedMental HealthOccupational Health & SafetyWrongful Dismissal
B.C. man, fired by text after disclosing he had Hepatitis C, awarded $67K by human rights tribunal
A B.C. worker, fired callously by text message after he told his employer he had been diagnosed with Hepatitis C, has been awarded more than $67,000 by the province’s human …
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Construction company owner barred from Alberta human rights hearing after ‘disrespectful and inappropriate conduct’
The owner of an Alberta construction company — accused of sexual harassment and discrimination — has been barred from taking part in a human rights tribunal hearing following “disrespectful and …