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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Arbitration/Labour RelationsJust CauseSubscriber Content
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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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeatured
ONA can’t keep mistaken wage increase after Ontario’s Bill 124 struck down: Arbitrator
An Ontario arbitrator has dismissed a union grievance after finding that a wage reopener agreement containing an additional year of increases beyond what was intended could be rectified due to …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeaturedSexual Harassment
Doctor’s sexual assault of housekeeper in hospital was workplace violence, not sexual harassment: OLRB
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberThe Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB) has ruled that a hospital’s response to a workplace sexual assault committed by a doctor against a housekeeper did not comply with its obligations …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeaturedMental Health
Arbitrator dismisses grievances over nurse’s termination for sleeping on the job, citing her lack of engagement
An arbitrator has dismissed two grievances filed by the Ontario Nurses Association (ONA) on behalf of a nurse who had been terminated by Age Care Royal Oak Long Term Care …
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Workplace News
Nurses, health-care professionals at Ontario nursing homes awarded 11.5% wage hike by arbitrator
Registered nurses (RNs) and health-care professionals working in Ontario’s nursing homes are set to receive an 11.5% salary increase over the next two years. This arbitration decision, announced by the …
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Workplace Legislation/Press Releases
Ontario Nurses’ Association enters into mediation with Ontario Hospital Association
By Ontario Nurses’ Association Today, the elected bargaining team of the Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) begins mediation with the Ontario Hospital Association (OHA) in a last-ditch effort to reach a …