A British Columbia youth care worker who spent four months on paid leave while investigators examined allegations she used drugs at work and mishandled cash has lost her bid for …
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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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A worker who drove a vehicle stopped for a random drug dog search at a liquefied natural gas construction site near Kitimat, B.C. has had his privacy complaint against the …
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A worker banned from a liquefied natural gas construction site near Kitimat, B.C. after a random drug dog search has had his privacy complaint against the project’s prime contractor upheld …
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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 Arbitrator strikes down CPKC cannabis ban and drug thresholds
An arbitrator has ruled that Canadian Pacific Kansas City Railway’s 28-day cannabis ban, its lowered oral fluid drug testing thresholds and a rule requiring newly hired trainees to undergo two… …
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PREMIUM Arbitrator upholds cabin searches by security, detector dog on Arctic cargo ship in Quebec
An arbitrator has dismissed a union grievance challenging surprise cabin searches conducted by a security firm and a detector dog aboard a Desgagnés Marine Cargo vessel, ruling that the extreme… …


