Covid-19

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 resu… …

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 …

The Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) has dismissed a complaint of unjust dismissal from a ship’s cook who was terminated by Lower Lakes Towing Ltd. for refusing to comply with …

A woman who was fired after asking to work from home during the COVID-19 pandemic in an effort to protect her diabetic husband has been awarded more than $60,000 in …