The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has refused to allow the Ottawa Hospital to bring a summary judgment motion alongside the University of Ottawa’s pending motions in a lawsuit filed …
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Ontario tribunal denies nursing clerk’s COVID-19 vaccine injury claim, orders psychological review
A part-time nursing clerk who developed persistent symptoms after receiving two COVID-19 vaccinations under her employer’s mandatory immunization policy has been denied workers’ compensation entitleme… Free Membership Required To continue …
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Ontario nurse suspended three months for billing unattended home visits
A registered practical nurse who billed her employer for four home-care appointments she did not attend will have her certificate of registration suspended for three months after admitting to professi… …
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Ontario nurses launch Charter challenge to overturn 1965 arbitration law
The Ontario Nurses’ Association has filed a constitutional challenge seeking to strike down a 1965 law that bans hospital and long-term care nurses from taking job action. The union says …
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PREMIUM Ontario’s top court upholds dismissal of healthcare workers’ vaccine lawsuit
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An arbitrator has dismissed a policy grievance from the union representing British Columbia paramedics that sought shift premiums for members participating in employer-offered training they were not r… Free Membership …
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Bethany Care met duty to accommodate health care aide in Alberta: arbitrator
An Alberta arbitrator has dismissed three grievances filed by the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees on behalf of a health care aide who alleged her employer failed to accommodate her …
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B.C. court strikes LPN supervisor’s defamation suits against co-workers, steers it to arbitration
A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has struck two defamation actions brought by a former Fraser Health Authority supervisor against two co-workers, finding the claims belong in labour arbitration,… Free …
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A medical secretary who worked nearly two decades for a small Ontario respirology clinic lost her wrongful dismissal claim after the Ontario Superior Court of Justice found the clinic had …
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A British Columbia health-care worker has been found guilty of sexually assaulting three female colleagues during an evacuation deployment to Vancouver, in a ruling issued by the Provincial Court of …