An arbitrator in Manitoba has rejected a union’s claim that Shared Health failed in its duty to accommodate a pregnant paramedic’s medical restrictions. Arbitrator Kristin L. Gibson dismissed the grievance…
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The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) didn’t know one of its workers was pregnant before it fired her, the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal has ruled. N.S., a senior change…
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FeaturedWrongful Dismissal
Pregnant cook, fired over a Facebook message she sent, awarded nearly $40,000 by human rights tribunal
The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has awarded a former cook $37,849 after she was dismissed from her job shortly after announcing her pregnancy. The Tribunal found that the termination…
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Workplace News
Paid leave for pregnancy loss, new protections for gig workers among changes for federally regulated workers
Ottawa has enacted new legislative measures aimed at enhancing protections for federally regulated employees, including gig workers, and improving work-life balance. Minister of Labour Seamus O’Regan Jr. announced that these…
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Opinion/Commentary
‘Just a mum’: pregnant women and working parents feel overlooked and undervalued in the workplace
By Dr Rachael Potter, University of South Australia Pregnant women and workers with children are often unfairly treated by their bosses and colleagues, despite laws to protect against workplace discrimination…
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FeaturedWrongful Dismissal
Pregnant pizza server, who had hours slashed and was later fired, awarded nearly $35,000
A former server at a Calgary pizzeria — who had her hours slashed and was eventually fired after telling her bosses she was pregnant — has been awarded $25,000 in…
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A Nova Scotia law firm that was initially empathetic to the plight of one its workers, who lost her baby when she ended a pregnancy for medical reasons, discriminated against…
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AccommodationFeaturedMental Health
Paralegal, fired after terminating pregnancy, wins discrimination case against Nova Scotia law firm
Nova Scotia’s Human Rights Commission has ruled that a law firm, which fired a paralegal who had to terminate her pregnancy because of a medical issue, discriminated against her on…