A computer engineer with post-traumatic stress disorder has been awarded $28,000 in damages and ordered accommodated with telework for at least two years, after Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada… …
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PREMIUM WorkSafeBC breached labour deal with unilateral return-to-office mandate: Arbitrator
WorkSafeBC breached its collective agreement with the Compensation Employees’ Union when it required thousands of bargaining unit employees to return to the office on a fixed weekly schedule without their… …
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Employers owe notice before revoking work-from-home, Whitten warns
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberEmployers that want to pull long-time remote workers back into the office can still do it — but they have to give as much notice as they would owe in …
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PREMIUM IESO not estopped from ending hybrid work model, arbitrator rules
A labour arbitrator has dismissed a policy grievance from the Society of United Professionals seeking to stop the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) from discontinuing its hybrid work model, finding… …
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PREMIUM Executive constructively dismissed after office lockout from family-owned cheese company
A longtime vice-president who was barred from his workplace and had his remote access cut off has been awarded $373,207.83 in damages by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice after… …
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PREMIUM Manager’s stroke while working from home not work-related
A regional manager who suffered a severe stroke while working from home will not receive workers’ compensation benefits, after the New Brunswick Workers’ Compensation Appeals Tribunal upheld a decision that… …
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Ontario’s WSIB must restore flex work before office return, arbitrator rules
The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board must restore existing flex work arrangements for eligible field staff at least 30 days before they return to the office, the Ontario Grievance Settlement …
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PREMIUM Cressey Construction loses appeal over remote-work dismissal in Vancouver
A Vancouver-based real estate developer has lost its appeal of a trial decision finding it constructively dismissed a longtime director after ordering her back to the office full-time without notice,… …
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Arbitrator denies union’s bid for historical accommodation records in remote work fight
The Grievance Settlement Board has dismissed a request by the Association of Management, Administrative and Professional Crown Employees of Ontario (AMAPCEO) for pre-hearing production of years’ worth… Free Membership Required …
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A British Columbia employment standards tribunal has upheld a ruling requiring an Alberta-based publisher to pay wages, commissions, and vacation pay to a former worker who performed her job entirely …

