A Northern Ontario child protection worker’s grievance over her termination will proceed to a hearing after a labour arbitrator rejected the employer’s bid to have the case thrown out over… …
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Parole officer’s safety grievance dismissed after offender’s suicide by firearm during arrest
A grievance filed after a probation and parole officer witnessed an offender die by suicide in her office has been permanently dismissed, the Ontario Divisional Court has ruled, upholding an …
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PREMIUM St. Thomas Elgin hospital worker’s vaccine policy firing upheld
An operating room attendant fired for refusing to comply with a hospital’s mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy has had her termination upheld by a labour arbitrator. The worker had been employed… …
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PREMIUM Ontario ordered to pay three guards on PTSD leave $12.5K each for posting their photos at jail entrances
Three Ontario correctional workers on leave for post-traumatic stress disorder have each been awarded $12,500 after the Grievance Settlement Board found the Ministry of the Solicitor General discriminated against them… …
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PREMIUM Personality conflict isn’t harassment, but LCBO still on the hook for $4,500
The Liquor Control Board of Ontario did not subject one of its store employees to workplace harassment, an Ontario arbitrator has found, but it breached provincial health and safety law… …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeatured
OPSEU’s charter challenge to age-70 benefits cutoff forces 11th-hour adjournment
An Ontario arbitrator has granted a union’s request to adjourn an arbitration hearing over the discontinuance of a hospital worker’s benefits at age 70, despite the employer’s strong objection that …
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OPSEU Pension Trust ordered to allow former head of HR to testify in wrongful dismissal case
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has granted a wrongful dismissal plaintiff the right to examine a former head of human resources at OPSEU Pension Trust, overcoming a non-disclosure agreement …
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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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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeaturedOpinion/CommentaryThe Sidebar
Canada Post and Ontario college cases test Charter’s protection of the picket line
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberThe Ontario Court of Appeal handed down two rulings late last week that will shape labour relations in this country for years to come. Both involved unions challenging back-to-work legislation. …
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Ontario Court of Appeal upholds college faculty back-to-work legislation under Charter challenge
The Ontario Court of Appeal has ruled that provincial legislation ending a 2017 college faculty strike violated workers’ Charter rights but was constitutionally justified. The Ontario Public Service E… Free …


