A retirement home cook with nearly a decade of service was justifiably terminated for stealing food from the kitchen where he worked, an arbitrator has ruled, finding the video evidence… …
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FeaturedOccupational Health & Safety
HRTO ordered to hear ambulance driver’s discrimination claim related to ankle injury
An Ontario court has overturned a decision by the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO) that dismissed an ambulance driver’s disability discrimination complaint without a hearing, finding the tribun… Free …
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FeaturedOccupational Health & Safety
WSIB misjudged aircraft painter’s work capacity following foot injury, hip surgery: Tribunal
An Ontario worker who fractured his left foot at an aircraft painting company won full loss-of-earnings benefits for multiple periods after a tribunal found the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board …
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FeaturedLegal CostsWrongful Dismissal
Kingston, Ont., taxi commission ordered to pay $50K in costs after wrongful dismissal loss
A Kingston, Ont.-area taxi licensing body has been ordered to pay $50,000 in legal costs plus disbursements after losing a wrongful dismissal case in which the court found it had …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeatured
Skilled Trades Ontario ordered to reimburse worker for travel costs denied during bargaining freeze
A labour arbitrator has ordered Skilled Trades Ontario to reimburse a worker representative on its joint health and safety committee for travel expenses the employer denied during a period when …
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Subscriber ContentWrongful Dismissal
PREMIUM Ontario court dismisses Starbucks store manager’s wrongful dismissal claim, orders release signed
An Ontario court has dismissed a wrongful dismissal action brought by a former Starbucks store manager, finding that the worker entered into a binding separation agreement and then failed to… …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsOccupational Health & SafetySubscriber Content
PREMIUM Positive urine test insufficient to prove cannabis impairment for railway worker: Arbitrator
An arbitrator has overturned a 30-day suspension and quashed mandatory drug testing imposed on a railway signal maintainer, ruling that a positive urinalysis for THC metabolites does not constitute proof… …
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FeaturedOccupational Health & Safety
Peel District School Board faces reprisal hearing over worker’s Record of Employment dispute
The Ontario Labour Relations Board has declined to dismiss a reprisal complaint against the Peel District School Board, finding that a former worker’s allegations — that the board refused to …
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Sexual HarassmentSubscriber Content
PREMIUM Tribunal denies reconsideration after lawyer’s deliberate failure to update contact information
The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has denied a reconsideration request from an employer and manager found liable for sexual harassment, ruling that their lawyer deliberately failed to update contact… …
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FeaturedSexual Harassment
Ontario tribunal dismisses sexual harassment claim, finds consensual workplace relationship
The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has dismissed a sexual harassment application after finding that a former employee and office manager engaged in a mutual, consensual personal relationship rather … …


