The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario dismissed a discrimination complaint from a delivery driver who claimed he was fired for requesting time off to care for his elderly mother, ruling …
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Brandt Tractor, Notrax Canada ordered to pay $50K for failing to consider worker on mat leave during asset sale
The Ontario Human Rights Tribunal has ruled that two companies discriminated against an employee when they failed to consider her for employment during an asset purchase because she was on …
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Tourism company ignores tribunal warnings, loses right to defend harassment allegations
An Ontario human rights tribunal has ruled that two respondents in a sexual harassment case have waived their rights to participate in proceedings after repeatedly failing to comply with tribunal …
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By Mike Stimpson | Thunder Bay Source IGNACE, Ont. – The Supreme Court of Canada won’t hear a Northwestern Ontario township’s appeal of a wrongful-dismissal judgment against it, meaning the municipality must pay …
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Ontario’s top court upholds Metrolinx’s firing of five employees for sexual harassment in WhatsApp group
The Ontario Court of Appeal has upheld Metrolinx’s termination of five transit employees who made sexually harassing comments about a female colleague in a private WhatsApp group, overturning an arbitrator’s …
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Former McMaster U worker’s bid to challenge labour board ruling after years-long delay dismissed
An Ontario court has dismissed an employee’s attempt to challenge a labour relations board decision after he waited nearly four years to seek judicial review, despite filing more than a …
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Temporary layoff during COVID was constructive dismissal, court rules in awarding 16 months’ notice
An Ontario Superior Court has awarded a long-term employee 16 months’ pay in lieu of notice after ruling his employer constructively dismissed him by imposing a temporary layoff without contractual …
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Employee terminated for time theft after refusing to explain timecard swapping caught on video
An Ontario Superior Court judge has upheld the termination for cause of a factory worker who was caught on video punching another employee’s timecard, ruling that the employee’s refusal to …
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Hospital in North Bay, Ont., can’t deny weekend shifts to avoid premium pay: Arbitrator
An arbitrator has ruled that North Bay Regional Health Centre cannot refuse to offer weekend call-in shifts to part-time employees simply because working those shifts would trigger premium pay entitlements. …
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Ontario court upholds dismissal of male educational assistant’s sex discrimination claim
The Ontario Superior Court has upheld a Human Rights Tribunal decision dismissing a male educational assistant’s claim that he was fired due to sex discrimination, finding no evidence to support …
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