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PREMIUM Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada worker’s dismissal upheld after four-year illness absence
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The New Brunswick government has introduced legislation that would extend job-protected unpaid leave for illness and injury from five days to 27 weeks. The bill, tabled March 18, would mark …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeatured
Air Canada violated labour code with blanket medical note policy: Arbitator
An arbitrator has ruled that Air Canada breached the Canada Labour Code and its collective agreement with the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) by requiring all employees to provide …
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FeaturedOpinion/Commentary
Canada still lacks universal paid sick leave — and that’s a public health problem as we approach flu season
By Alyssa Grocutt, University of Calgary; Julian Barling, Queen’s University, Ontario, and Nick Turner, University of Calgary As Canadians head into another flu and COVID season, many workers still fa… Free Membership Required …
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FeaturedWrongful Dismissal
Ontario worker, fired for taking sick leave after contracting COVID, awarded $23,000 by OLRB
APGN Consulting violated Ontario’s Employment Standards Act (ESA) by terminating an employee partly because of absences related to COVID-19, the Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB) ruled. R.R., who … Free …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeatured
Painter fired (again) just two days after returning to Northwood Care on a last-chance agreement
A maintenance worker at a Nova Scotia care facility was fired just two days after returning to work on a last-chance agreement (LCA). The termination, though, had nothing to do …