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
A British Columbia workers’ compensation appeal tribunal has ruled that a paramedic with permanent, work-related post-traumatic stress disorder is entitled to compensation after his condition was aggravated by a trainer… …
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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
An arbitrator in Ontario has ordered the Guelph Police Services Board to produce an unredacted workplace investigation report and the investigator’s complete file to the Guelph Police Association, finding the… …
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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 …