A worker’s attempt to revive a withdrawn workplace safety reprisal complaint against a Toronto-area scrap metal company has been rejected by the Ontario Labour Relations Board, which found no compelling… …
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PREMIUM OPG ordered to pay worker for enforced sick leave, keep four-day remote work schedule
Ontario Power Generation (OPG) violated its duty to accommodate a worker with chronic mental health disabilities by placing him on compulsory sick leave rather than permitting him to work from… …
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PREMIUM University Health Network can waive six-month job posting rule, arbitrator finds
A Toronto hospital retained the discretion to consider a worker for a new position even though he had been in his current role for less than six months, an Ontario… …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeaturedSexual Harassment
Loblaw sexual harassment case deferred to grievance arbitration by Ontario rights tribunal
The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has deferred a sexual harassment application filed by a Loblaw worker, finding that an ongoing union grievance covering the same allegations must be resolved …
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FeaturedLegal CostsWrongful Dismissal
No costs awarded after pharmaceuticals worker’s wrongful dismissal motion settles on consent
An Ontario court has ordered each party to bear its own legal costs following the settlement of a motion brought by a pharmaceutical company seeking the return of confidential emails …
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PREMIUM Atura Power worker who left at 44 did not ‘retire,’ arbitrator rules, blocking post-retirement benefits
A mechanical technician who left Atura Power after 10 years of service at age 44 was not entitled to post-retirement benefits under the collective agreement because he did not “retire”… …
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An Ontario Provincial Police officer who sought access to records from two separate investigations — one into an incident in which he was identified as a victim and another into …
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Chatham-Kent’s search for records on deputy CAO role creation was reasonable: Privacy commissioner
The Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario has dismissed an appeal challenging the Municipality of Chatham-Kent’s response to a freedom of information request seeking records about the creati… Free Membership …
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PREMIUM Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada worker’s dismissal upheld after four-year illness absence
A federal labour board has dismissed a grievance filed by a former Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada research technician who alleged his termination was discriminatory, made in bad faith, and amounted… …
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Ontario’s Divisional Court has upheld most of a certified class action alleging that Pizza Nova delivery drivers were misclassified as independent contractors, while striking down a conspiracy claim t… Free …

