A Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) member who was terminated for refusing to comply with a government COVID-19 testing policy has won reinstatement and back pay following a ruling …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeaturedPrivacy
Union v. union: Employer granted access to work-related text messages in termination dispute
An arbitrator in New Brunswick has ruled that an employer is entitled to access work-related text messages sent or received by a former employee over a specified period as part …
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Arbitrator orders exclusion of media and public from union grievance hearing in New Brunswick
An arbitrator has ruled that the media and public will be excluded from an upcoming labour arbitration hearing concerning the termination of M.D., an employee of the Canadian Union of …
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Reverse order: Town of Whitby to present evidence first in fight over excluding students from collective agreement
An arbitrator has ruled that the Town of Whitby in Ontario must present its case first in an ongoing dispute with the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Local 53, …
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Hospital porter’s firing over mask dispute, misconduct allegations overturned at arbitration
An Alberta arbitration board has ruled that Covenant Health improperly terminated a long-serving hospital porter without properly considering his medical condition or fulfilling its duty to accommodate, ordering his reinstatement …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeaturedJust Cause
BC SPCA officer fired for posting violent confrontation to Instagram, secretly recording disciplinary meeting
An arbitrator has ruled that the BC Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was justified in firing an officer who posted images of an off-duty, violent confrontation with …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeaturedSexual Harassment
CUPE failed to keep hospital worker, terminated for misconduct, in the loop about accusations: Board
The Ontario Labour Relations Board has denied a request by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Local 139, to reconsider a duty of fair representation ruling that found it …
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Arbitrator rules hospital’s termination of porter over COVID-19 vaccine refusal was unjust
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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Arbitrator rules on premium payment duplication under collective agreement between CUPE, Unity Health
An arbitrator has clarified the application of premium duplication clauses in a collective agreement between the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) and Unity Health Toronto, a health network comprised …
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Two CUPE grievances against City of Regina stayed until WCB rules if claims are barred
An arbitration board has stayed the hearings of two grievances filed by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Local 21, against the City of Regina. The grievances, which allege …
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