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The Appeals Commission for Alberta Workers’ Compensation has upheld a previous ruling granting temporary total disability (TTD) benefits to a worker who was terminated after testing non-negative for cannabinoids following …
A British Columbia Supreme Court ruling has rejected a fired worker’s attempt to access an employer’s confidential investigative report tied to his termination, citing privacy and safety risks to third-party …
The Federal Court of Appeal has upheld the legality of mandatory pre-placement and random alcohol and drug testing for safety-critical workers at high-security nuclear facilities. The decision dismisses an appeal …
An arbitrator has upheld the Toronto Transit Commission’s (TTC) decision to administer a drug and alcohol test to a bus operator who was found asleep in his bus while parked …
An Alberta worker’s injury claim has been accepted despite a positive test for cocaine following a workplace accident, but she has been denied temporary total disability (TTD) benefits due to …
An arbitrator has overturned the suspension of a Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) Railway locomotive engineer and quashed the company’s mandate for six months of random drug testing, ruling the …
An arbitrator has upheld the dismissal of a Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) Railway employee for refusing to submit to a post-incident drug and alcohol test following a motor vehicle …
Addiction to drugs or alcohol constitutes a disability that needs to be accommodated by employers. But that duty to accommodate has its limits. “This does not mean they are free …
Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) has been ordered to reinstate a worker who refused to take a drug test in the wake of a minor derailment. Arbitrator Graham J. Clarke …
Lafarge Canada was justified in firing a site superintendent who got into a minor vehicle accident at a worksite and subsequently tested positive for THC, the Court of King’s Bench …
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