A drill operator dismissed from Iron Ore Company of Canada’s mine in Labrador City, N.L., has been reinstated after a labour arbitrator found the company lacked reasonable cause to order… …
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BC arbitrator suspends breathalyzer testing of school assistant
An arbitrator has ordered a British Columbia school district to suspend a medical monitoring program requiring a special education assistant to submit to thrice-daily breathalyzer tests and random uri… Free …
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HR Law Canada is launching a new half-day virtual event on drug and alcohol testing in the Canadian workplace and has opened a call for speakers to take part. Under …
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PREMIUM SaskEnergy’s drug testing after gas line strikes ruled unjustified by Court of Appeal
Five SaskEnergy natural gas workers who were sent for drug and alcohol testing after two separate gas line strikes have had their compensation awards upheld by the Saskatchewan Court of …
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GO Transit contractor Alstom ordered to reinstate conductor fired after refusing drug test
A conductor with Alstom Transport Canada Inc., the contractor that operates and maintains GO Transit’s rail fleet for Metrolinx, who was fired after refusing a post-incident drug and alcohol test …
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PREMIUM CN ordered to reinstate worker fired after positive drug test
A Canadian National Railway Company maintenance worker who was fired both for a workplace safety incident and for testing positive for marijuana has been ordered reinstated by a labour arbitrator,… …
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GFL Environmental loses appeal over fired driver’s cannabis test in Saskatchewan
The Saskatchewan Labour Relations Board has dismissed an appeal by GFL Environmental and upheld a wage assessment for a worker who was fired after testing positive for cannabis. The Board …
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PREMIUM TTC ordered to end random drug and alcohol testing of transit employees
An arbitrator has ordered the Toronto Transit Commission to immediately stop randomly testing its safety-sensitive employees for drugs and alcohol, ruling the seven-year-old program violates both the Charter of Rights… …
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PREMIUM Toronto Transit Commission ordered to reinstate operator fired after drug test
The Toronto Transit Commission has been ordered to reinstate a subway operator it fired following a non-compliant random drug test, after a labour arbitrator found the testing violated the Ontario… …
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PREMIUM TTC bus driver’s firing over cannabis test overturned by arbitrator
A Toronto Transit Commission bus operator fired after a random drug test came back non-compliant for cannabis has been ordered reinstated with full compensation, after an Ontario labour arbitrator found… …

