Unifor has called for cross-party support for newly introduced anti-scab legislation in New Brunswick. The Green Party tabled the bill, which aims to prevent employers from hiring replacement workers during…
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The New Brunswick Labour and Employment Board has ruled that elected municipal councillors are not “employees” under the Employment Standards Act (ESA), affirming the decision of the Director of Employment…
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Employer LiabilityWorkplace News
City of Saint John liable to pay victims of accused cop after top court loss
The City of Saint John will have to pay damages in a class-action lawsuit from alleged victims of sex offender and former police officer Kenneth Estabrooks after its appeal was…
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New Brunswickers who get injured on the job will soon get more money to help them get by. The Progressive Conservative government has introduced amendments to the Workers’Compensation Act and…
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A long simmering dispute between the Higgs provincial government in New Brunswick and the Canadian Union of Public Employees came to a boil this week as both sides battled it…
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In New Brunswick, the minimum wage increased to $15.30 per hour on April 2, marking a significant adjustment aimed at enhancing living standards for low-wage workers, according to the provincial…
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeatured
Moncton Honda didn’t violate collective agreement by giving alternate day off for Remembrance Day: Arbitrator
Moncton Honda did not violate its collective agreement when it decided to shut its doors on Remembrance Day in 2023, offering its employees a day off in July 2024 as…
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By Andrew Bates | Telegraph Journal A Fredericton contractor has been fined $7,500 related to a 2022 collapse that sent a crane and its operator into the Canaan River. Caldwell &…
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By John Chilibeck | The Daily Gleaner New Brunswick is making training mandatory for new truck drivers, six years after 16 people on the Humboldt Broncos hockey team bus were killed…
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By Jim Dumville | River Valley Sun During the March 12 council meeting’s opening remarks, emotional Woodstock Coun. Julie Calhoun-Williams thanked the mayor, fellow council members, the Woodstock Wesleyan Church, and…