The Federal Court of Appeal has ordered the Royal Canadian Mounted Police External Review Committee to issue findings and recommendations on a group of RCMP members’ outstanding appeals within six …
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PREMIUM WorkSafeBC must compensate paramedic whose PTSD was aggravated by trainer’s threat, harassment
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Ontario paramedic loses bid to convert vacation days to sick leave after bicep injury
A paramedic employed by the County of Frontenac has lost a grievance seeking to convert four pre-scheduled vacation days to sick leave after sustaining a bicep tear, with an arbitrator …
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HRTO ordered to hear ambulance driver’s discrimination claim related to ankle injury
An Ontario court has overturned a decision by the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO) that dismissed an ambulance driver’s disability discrimination complaint without a hearing, finding the tribun… Free …
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Ontario labour board denies request to retract London police email about use of force training injury
The Ontario Labour Relations Board has denied a request from an injured worker seeking to have London Police Service retract an internal email about a workplace injury that occurred during …
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PREMIUM Arbitrator orders Guelph police to disclose unredacted workplace investigation report
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Iranian paramedic denied work permit despite provincial nomination, job offer in B.C.
The Federal Court has dismissed a judicial review challenge from an Iranian national whose work permit application was denied despite receiving a provincial nomination and a confirmed job offer as …
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Federal Court finds RCMP transfer delay due to third-party grievance was unreasonable
The Federal Court has set aside an RCMP internal grievance decision after finding that adjudicators unreasonably concluded a constable’s transfer delay was due to staffing issues when evidence showed … …
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Alberta board consolidates harassment grievances against Edmonton Police Service
A vice-chair with the Alberta Labour Relations Board has ordered two separate harassment grievances filed against the Edmonton Police Service to be consolidated into a single arbitration hearing, find… Free …
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Paramedic who called Islam ‘pure evil’ on social media has vexatious litigant designation overturned
The Nova Scotia Court of Appeal has partly allowed an appeal by overturning a designation of a paramedic applicant as a vexatious litigant, while dismissing her challenge to registration requirements …

