A Saskatoon Fleet Services worker fired for chronic absenteeism has had his termination set aside after an arbitration board found the city failed to look further into his bipolar disorder …
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Prince George, B.C., library not required to notify union on workplace investigation
A grievance seeking to require Prince George Public Library to copy a union president on communications with individual employees, including notice of a workplace bullying and harassment investigation… Free Membership …
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PREMIUM GPS tracking exposes City of Coquitlam arborist’s 29 hours of extra breaks
A City of Coquitlam field arborist fired for taking extended breaks at a coffee shop and during lunchtime runs has been ordered reinstated without back pay, a labour arbitrator has… …
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Arbitrator dismisses Whistler, B.C., grievance over banked overtime pay rate
The Resort Municipality of Whistler’s practice of paying out banked overtime at an employee’s current wage rate, rather than the rate in effect when the overtime was earned, does not …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeaturedMental Health
Trillium Health Partners porter denied sick benefits over stress claim
A Trillium Health Partners porter was not entitled to short-term disability benefits after a workplace encounter left him feeling disrespected, an Ontario arbitrator has ruled, though she found the ho… …
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Arbitrator upholds City of Toronto bar on worker’s return pending medical assessment
A City of Toronto municipal standards officer who was kept out of the workplace pending a medical assessment has lost a grievance challenging that decision, after an arbitrator found the …
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Ontario’s WSIB must restore flex work before office return, arbitrator rules
The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board must restore existing flex work arrangements for eligible field staff at least 30 days before they return to the office, the Ontario Grievance Settlement …
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Toronto Community Housing worker subpoenaed over licence plate report loses safety grievance
An Ontario labour arbitrator has dismissed a grievance filed by the Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 79 on behalf of a Toronto Community Housing Corporation worker who claimed the …
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Education assistant’s lawsuit against CUPE in New Brunswick barred by signed release
A former educational assistant lost her appeal against the Canadian Union of Public Employees after the Court of Appeal of New Brunswick found that a release she signed when she …
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PREMIUM Toronto Hydro vaccine policy upheld but workers get ESA pay
Toronto Hydro had just cause to terminate workers who refused to comply with its mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy, an Ontario arbitrator has ruled, but those workers remain entitled to termination… …


