A Fisheries and Oceans employee who declined to answer several of his employer’s questions about his religious beliefs has lost his grievance over a denied COVID-19 vaccination exemption, the Federal… …
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A judge agreed with foreign service officers on health benefits. And still ruled against them
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberForeign service officers posted abroad depend entirely on their employer’s health plan. There’s no back-up option, no provincial coverage to fall back on when the paperwork stalls. So when Ottawa …
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A national bargaining agent representing Canada’s foreign service officers has lost its bid to force the federal government to fix a dysfunctional health benefits plan for employees posted abroad, eve… …
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PREMIUM HR manager’s staged award ceremony led to sex harassment firing at federal department
A federal human resources team leader who staged a surprise awards ceremony — complete with flowers, sparkling wine and recorded applause — for a subordinate he pursued romantically for nearly… …
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A learning advisor appointed to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada through a non-advertised process has kept the position after a co-worker’s complaint alleging abuse of authority was dismis… Free Membership …
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PREMIUM ‘Out of sight, out of mind’: Hiring manager at ESDC forgot about qualified internal candidate
A manager who admitted he simply forgot about a qualified employee — describing him to a labour board as “out of sight, out of mind” — has cost Employment and… …
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PREMIUM Ottawa ordered to pay $28K to computer engineer with PTSD for denying remote work
A computer engineer with post-traumatic stress disorder has been awarded $28,000 in damages and ordered accommodated with telework for at least two years, after Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada… …
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Board finds Ottawa’s overpayment recovery from worker unreasonable
The Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board has ruled that the federal government acted unreasonably in the way it recovered a salary overpayment from a worker, though it …
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The Information Commissioner of Canada has found that the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) failed to properly search for records related to the ArriveCAN application when it responded to access …
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FeaturedSexual Harassment
Department of National Defence ordered to pay $20,000 for gender harassment
A family peer support coordinator with the Department of National Defence has been awarded $20,000 after the Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board found her supervisor harassed h… …


