An arbitrator has ruled that Trillium Health Partners unjustly terminated a porter who was dismissed for non-compliance with the hospital’s COVID-19 vaccination policy. While Arbitrator Daniel P. Randazzo upheld the …
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Human rights tribunal dismisses vaccine-related discrimination application due to existing civil lawsuit
The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO) has dismissed an application by a former employee of Universal Protection Service of Canada Corporation — operating as Allied Universal Security — citing …
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Arbitrator reduces compensation for unvaccinated VIA Rail employee over failure to mitigate damages
An arbitrator has reduced the compensation owed to a reinstated VIA Rail employee by 40 per cent due to his failure to mitigate damages after being terminated for refusing to …
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Alberta tribunal rejects legal assistant’s religious discrimination claim over COVID-19 vaccination policy
The Alberta Human Rights Tribunal has upheld the dismissal of a complaint by a legal assistant with the Alberta Public Service Commission who alleged religious discrimination after being placed on …
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Arbitrator rules against Oxford County worker’s creed-based challenge to COVID-19 testing policy
An arbitrator has dismissed a grievance filed by the Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 1146, on behalf of a former Oxford County employee in Ontario who was terminated for …
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FeaturedOccupational Health & Safety
COVID-19 screener awarded benefits for finger injury caused by repetitive use of industrial hand sanitizer pumps
A COVID-19 screener who claimed that repetitive use of industrial hand sanitizer pumps — as many as 600 times daily — contributed to the onset of a finger injury has …
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B.C. tribunal allows disability discrimination complaint over mask policy at artisan market to proceed
An application to dismiss a disability discrimination complaint has been denied by the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal, allowing a claim against Civeo Corporation to proceed to a hearing after …
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The Federal Court has dismissed an application for judicial review in a case involving the denial of the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) to an applicant, T.A., by the Canada …
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FeaturedOccupational Health & Safety
Pipefitter who contracted COVID at Alberta work camp entitled to WCB benefits
A pipefitter working in a remote Alberta camp has been awarded workers’ compensation benefits after the Appeals Commission for Alberta Workers’ Compensation ruled that he contracted COVID-19 as a result …
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The Federal Court has dismissed an application by an employee of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), who sought a judicial review of her suspension due to non-compliance with a …