A pedorthic technician who hurt his knee moving heavy grinding equipment at Footletic Inc. has been awarded $20,000 after the custom orthotics company failed to accommodate his injury and later… …
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Reprisal claim over collection agency threat for wage overpayment falls outside human rights tribunal’s reach
A worker who said The Learning Garden Private School threatened to send her to a collection agency after she won an unpaid wages claim has had her human rights complaint …
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PREMIUM Temporary layoff clause survives worker’s court challenge in Ontario
A six-month layoff without pay did not amount to a firing, the Court of Appeal for Ontario has ruled, upholding a lower court decision that a temporary layoff clause in… …
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An insurance brokerage’s lawsuit seeking more than $1.3 million from a former producer who took her book of business to a rival firm has been dismissed in its entirety by …
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PREMIUM Director of Ottawa-area cleaning company ordered to personally pay $157,700 in unpaid wages
A director of an Ottawa-area cleaning company has been ordered to personally pay $157,700.99 in unpaid wages after his corporation failed to satisfy an earlier arbitration award, an Ontario labour… …
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Dog boarding manager in Ontario fired after tossing pet’s medication in trash
An operations manager at a dog boarding and daycare business has lost her human rights case alleging her firing was linked to an ankle injury, with the Human Rights Tribunal …
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PREMIUM Drug use, stripper rumours struck from Bruce Power PTSD case
Allegations that a Bruce Power worker was the target of workplace rumours involving drug use, strippers and a “bomb” incident have been struck from his human rights complaint against the… …
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A customer service advisor fired by Concentrix the day after the company acknowledged contact from a Ministry of Labour officer investigating his complaint has been awarded termination pay by the …
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Arbitrator upholds OPG’s cut to employer pension contributions
Ontario Power Generation’s decision to cut its own pension contributions to match employee levels did not breach its collective agreement with the Power Workers’ Union, a labour arbitrator has ruled, …
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A former clinical information clerk at Lake of the Woods District Hospital has been ordered to pay a $3,000 administrative penalty after Ontario’s privacy commissioner found she accessed the personal …


