An Ontario arbitrator has found that Windsor Regional Hospital returned an injured nurse to duties her doctor had not cleared her for, and pressed another nurse’s cardiologist for more medical …
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FeaturedOccupational Health & SafetyWorkplace Violence
Nurse suspended after reporting threat at B.C. homeless encampment loses reprisal appeal
A registered nurse who said her employer suspended her in reprisal for reporting a threatening encounter at a homeless encampment has lost her appeal, with the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal …
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FeaturedMental Health
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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FeaturedProfessional Misconduct
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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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeatured
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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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeaturedJust Cause
Edmonton LPN fired after solo tracheostomy procedure and theft of resident’s dessert
A licensed practical nurse at a continuing care facility in Edmonton was properly discharged after performing a tracheostomy ties change without assistance and stealing a dessert meant for residents, … …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeatured
Niagara Health System ordered to reinstate nurse fired after 21 years over attendance record
An arbitrator has ordered Niagara Health System to reinstate a registered nurse with 21 years of service who was dismissed for excessive absenteeism, finding the employer applied its attendance suppor… …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeatured
Arbitrator dismisses nurses’ grievances over denied summer vacation requests at Ontario hospital
An arbitrator has dismissed grievances filed by two nurses who claimed Norfolk General Hospital in Simcoe, Ont., violated their collective agreement by not granting them two full weeks of vacation …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeatured
Maple View Lodge nurses awarded wage increases, paid isolation leave in interest arbitration
An interest arbitration board has awarded registered nurses at Maple View Lodge in Athens, Ont., wage increases totaling 6.5 percent over two years, along with new paid isolation leave and …
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