The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has dismissed a claim against Transport Canada (TC) and one of its supervisors by a former pilot who was terminated for medical incapacity. The …
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Occupational Health & SafetyWorkplace News
Quebec-based firm fined $70,000 by Ontario court after worker injured by forklift
A Quebec-based manufacturing company, MTCA Inc., has been fined $70,000 after a serious workplace injury involving a forklift. The incident occurred at the company’s tote washing facility in Guelph, Ont. …
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FeaturedOccupational Health & Safety
Former bakery worker’s claim against Kraft, Mondelēz crumbles after four-year delay
An application for judicial review, brought by a former unionized employee of Kraft Canada nearly four years after the original decision, has been dismissed by the Ontario Superior Court of …
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Workplace News
Greenhouse manufacturer in Leamington, Ont., fined $65,000 after worker injured in trench collapse
South Essex Fabricating Inc., a fabricator of commercial greenhouse structures and pre-engineered buildings, has been fined $65,000 following a workplace incident that left a worker critically injured. The penalty was …
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Carolyn Alexander has joined Willis Business Law in Windsor, Ont., as an associate. “We’re thrilled to welcome Carolyn Alexander to our Labour and Employment team,” the firm said in a …
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AccommodationFeatured
Preference versus need: Worker’s family status discrimination complaint dismissed
A single mother and former residential support worker at Family Options Inc. has had her family status discrimination application dismissed by the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO). The worker, …
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Age, race discrimination claims against Leon’s Furniture from 73-year-old sales rep dismissed by HRTO
A 73-year-old sales associate who alleged age, race, and ethnic discrimination against Leon’s Furniture has had his complaint dismissed by the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario. N.H., who was employed …
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FeaturedSexual Harassment
Worker’s request to add respondent, increase damages in landscaping harassment case granted by HRTO
In an interim decision, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO) has allowed an alleged victim of workplace sexual harassment to add an individual respondent to her case and increase …
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FeaturedLegal CostsWrongful Dismissal
‘Increasing the temperature’: Court orders Norfolk County’s former solicitor to pay $24,000 in costs in wrongful dismissal case
The former solicitor for the County of Norfolk in Ontario has been ordered to pay more than $24,000 in legal costs following a a series of complex motions related to …
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FeaturedWrongful Dismissal
Bullying tactic? Court allows welder’s punitive damages bid to proceed after employer files $1 million counterclaim
An Ontario court has dismissed a motion by a numbered company to strike punitive damages from a former employee’s amended statement of claim. The worker alleged that a $1 million …