The Ontario Nurses’ Association has filed a Notice of Application with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, challenging a provincial law that bars nurses and other health-care professionals from tak… …
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PREMIUM United Nurses of Alberta’s LTD policy ruled discriminatory but justified
Ten employees of the United Nurses of Alberta who stood to receive reduced long-term disability benefits over a pre-existing medical condition have lost their grievances, despite an Alberta arbitrator finding… …
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Hamilton Health Sciences ordered to pay nurses double-time for callback shifts
Three Hamilton Health Sciences nurses who accepted callback shifts within 24 hours of finishing their regular tours are entitled to double-time pay for those shifts, a labour arbitrator has ruled. …
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PREMIUM Nurse’s 26-year record not enough to overturn firing for improperly restraining elderly resident
A Registered Nurse fired after 26 years at Canterbury Foundation for improperly restraining an elderly resident has lost her bid for reinstatement, an Alberta arbitration board has ruled. The nurse… …
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Cosmetic clinic nurse suspended six months over unauthorized injections
An Ottawa nurse who performed cosmetic injections without proper medical authorization, then falsified a record claiming she had received a telemedicine order, has been suspended for six months by the… …
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Interior Health nurse’s political belief didn’t excuse non-compliance with COVID vaccine mandate
A nurse fired by Interior Health Authority for declining a second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine has lost her human rights complaint after the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal found …
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Alberta Health Services fails to overturn nurse harassment ruling
The Alberta Labour Relations Board has dismissed an application by Alberta Health Services to overturn an arbitrator’s award that found the health authority discriminated against a nurse after she was… …
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PREMIUM Arbitrator upholds firing of UHN nurse who stopped patient’s paralytic
A registered nurse who turned off a critically ill patient’s paralytic and lowered his sedation without a physician’s order has lost her wrongful dismissal grievance against University Health Network, with… …
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Kootenay Lake Hospital in BC wins order for fired nurse’s medical records
A British Columbia arbitrator has ordered the British Columbia Nurses’ Union to hand over the medical records of a fired Kootenay Lake Hospital nurse, finding the employer is entitled to …
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Ontario nurse loses registration over false employment claims at a Detroit hospital
The College of Nurses of Ontario has revoked the certificate of registration of a registered practical nurse after its Discipline Committee found she reported years of employment at a Detroit …


