A northern Ontario hospital did not breach the Occupational Health and Safety Act in its handling of a violent workplace harassment incident involving a physician, an arbitrator has ruled, dismissing …
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PREMIUM Caught on camera: Cook’s food theft ends decade-long career at retirement home
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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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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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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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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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PREMIUM Ontario court dismisses Starbucks store manager’s wrongful dismissal claim, orders release signed
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PREMIUM Positive urine test insufficient to prove cannabis impairment for railway worker: Arbitrator
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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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PREMIUM Tribunal denies reconsideration after lawyer’s deliberate failure to update contact information
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