A Welland, Ont., accounts payable worker with a scent sensitivity has been awarded $7,500 after her employer, Distributed Power Canada, refused to explore letting her work from home once her… …
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A Nepean pub manager fired after being accused of showing up to work drunk is owed $2,383.02 in termination pay and unpaid wages. The general manager who made the accusation …
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PREMIUM Ex-Stingray worker must hand over Cineplex job offer, pay $25,000
A worker suing Stingray for wrongful dismissal has been ordered to hand over unredacted correspondence and a job offer from his new employer, Cineplex Digital Media, and to pay $25,000… …
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PREMIUM 6-foot-5 worker hurt by ‘ergonomic’ chairs wins extended WSIB benefits
A 6-foot-5 client services worker at a network of homeless shelters who injured his back after his employer brought in new “ergonomic” chairs is entitled to nearly five more months… …
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Ontario worker who quit over IP clause in new contract must detail wage claims
A self-represented worker who says he resigned after his employer proposed a contract requiring him to hand over all his intellectual property has been ordered to provide more detail about …
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A Toronto police officer who ran a licence plate through confidential police databases at the request of his former employer has avoided a criminal conviction, receiving a conditional discharge from… …
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A self-represented applicant whose Better Jobs Ontario funding application was rejected, in part because it did not include a full legal name, has had a bid to overturn that decision …
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Fired before the $20 IPO: Ex-Softchoice workers’ $3.08 share fight goes to trial
Two former Softchoice employees whose company shares were bought back at $3.08 each, six months before the company went public at $20 a share, can pursue their share claims despite …
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Man who torched wrongful dismissal lawyer’s office gets conditional discharge
A man who poured gasoline onto the floor of his former wrongful dismissal lawyer’s office and set it alight has been granted a conditional discharge by the Ontario Review Board. …
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PREMIUM Fired CEO who flagged overbilling loses $850K wrongful dismissal suit against Batchewana First Nation
A lawyer who left her practice to become chief executive officer of Batchewana First Nation, then was fired 11 weeks later after raising concerns about the band’s legal bills, has… …


