A conductor with Canadian Pacific Kansas City Railway (CPKC) who was fired after refusing a post-incident drug and alcohol test has been ordered reinstated with full back pay and benefits, …
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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… …
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PREMIUM Court upholds Bison Transport firing of driver over failed drug tests
A long-haul truck driver who failed a second random drug test lost his wrongful dismissal claim against Bison Transport, after the Ontario Superior Court of Justice found the company had… …
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Probationary child worker, fired over cannabis vape, wins right to disability hearing in Alberta
The Human Rights Tribunal of Alberta has overturned, in part, a decision to dismiss a discrimination complaint filed by a former probationary child intervention practitioner who alleged her terminatio… Free …


