An arbitrator has rejected an effort by a union to delay arbitration proceedings involving an alleged workplace harassment dispute at Wilfrid Laurier University, ruling that the collective agreement d… To …
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The Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB) has stayed a complaint under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) alleging workplace reprisal, ruling that a parallel Human Rights Code application p… …
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Constructive DismissalFeaturedWrongful Dismissal
The case of the missing cat: Vet’s insistence on sending ‘termination letter’ to client sinks claim
A veterinarian’s wrongful dismissal and constructive dismissal claim against a small Ontario clinic was rejected when the court found her insistence on sending a “termination letter” to a former clien… …
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Employer’s defamation lawsuit against truck driver intended to ‘silence, intimidate’: Ontario court
An Ontario court has dismissed a defamation lawsuit brought by Contrans Tank Group against a former truck driver after finding the company’s action was intended to “silence and/or intimidate” the …
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Constructive DismissalFeaturedMental Health
Metrolinx manager who alleged toxic workplace and quit was not constructively dismissed: OLRB
The Ontario Labour Relations Board has dismissed a constructive dismissal application brought by a former supervisor at Metrolinx — the agency that runs GO Transit, UP Express, and PRESTO — …
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Toronto hospital’s use of RPNs, PSWs from staffing agencies breached collective agreement: Arbitrator
Unity Health Toronto breached its collective agreement by using registered practical nurses (RPNs) and personal support workers (PSWs) from third-party staffing agencies in a manner that placed them u… To …
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Saturn Tool & Die (Windsor) Inc., an automotive parts manufacturer based in Oldcastle, Ont., has been fined $180,000 after pleading guilty in the death of a worker fatally injured while …
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Ontario’s top court has ordered a former worker to pay a total of $35,000 in costs to two separate groups of respondents he sued for wrongful dismissal and conspiracy. The …
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Discipline committee calls pharmacist’s sexual abuse of co-worker, who was also a patient, ‘reprehensible’ conduct
A discipline committee of the Ontario College of Pharmacists has found that a registered pharmacist engaged in sexual abuse of a colleague — who was also deemed his patient under …
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Youth services officer at correctional facility awarded traumatic mental stress benefits
The Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal (WSIAT) has ruled that a youth services officer employed at a correctional facility is entitled to benefits for traumatic mental stress (TMS… …