A Nova Scotia worker with post-traumatic stress disorder has successfully appealed a decision that reduced his benefits after he refused a customer service position, with a tribunal finding the job …
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Non-union civil servants dismissed without cause in Nova Scotia will now be eligible for up to 80 weeks of severance under new regulations the province says will bring more clarity …
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Court rejects bid to quash human rights inquiry after dismissal of Black long-term care worker
The Supreme Court of Nova Scotia has dismissed a judicial review application by a long-term care provider seeking to stop a human rights inquiry into the termination of a Black …
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Excavation company wins appeal over crane safety violation in Nova Scotia
An excavation contractor successfully overturned a compliance order and administrative penalty after Nova Scotia’s Labour Board found insufficient evidence that digging near a tower crane created safe… To continue reading, …
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Nova Scotia court dismisses insurer’s appeal over $365,000 settlement allocation for injured worker
The Nova Scotia Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by disability plan trustees who challenged how settlement funds were divided between an injured employee and their long-term disability insurer…. …
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Nova Scotia’s Labour Board has ordered Code Ninjas Halifax to pay a former centre director $2,922.40 in unpaid bonuses and vacation pay after the company failed to honour compensation agreements …
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🔒Nova Scotia cop’s DFR case against union proceeds in wake of alleged racist banana peel incident
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🔒Teacher’s classroom reassignment was not workplace reprisal, labour board rules
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Sales rep awarded eight months’ notice, Nova Scotia court cites ambiguous termination clause
A Nova Scotia sales representative has been awarded eight months’ notice after a court found his employment contract’s termination clause was too ambiguous to limit his common law entitlements. C.B. …
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Brewery owner found responsible for brewmaster’s fatal fall following after-hours drinking
A Nova Scotia brewery has been found in violation of provincial liquor regulations after failing to maintain “orderly control” of its premises in a case involving the tragic death of …