An Ontario court has awarded a worker nearly $27,000 in damages after her employer terminated her employment just nine days before her first anniversary, in what the court inferred was …
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Workplace News
One in seven U.S. companies disciplined employees over Charlie Kirk social media posts
A recent survey shows companies are cracking down on political speech as workplace tensions rise following the Charlie Kirk assassination, with one in four businesses reporting increased conflicts tied to …
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Professional MisconductSubscriber Content
🔒B.C. nurse loses discipline case over anti-transgender social media posts
A British Columbia registered nurse has been found guilty of unprofessional conduct for making discriminatory and derogatory statements about transgender people while identifying herself as a healthcare professional on social …
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FeaturedSexual Harassment
Alberta woman awarded $50,000 after sexual harassment by moving company owner
An Alberta woman has been awarded more than $50,000 in damages after a human rights tribunal found she was sexually harassed and discriminated against by the owner of a moving …
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Ontario’s top court upholds Metrolinx’s firing of five employees for sexual harassment in WhatsApp group
The Ontario Court of Appeal has upheld Metrolinx’s termination of five transit employees who made sexually harassing comments about a female colleague in a private WhatsApp group, overturning an arbitrator’s …
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Former firearms instructor ordered to pay $60,000 following fight over ownership of company social media accounts
A British Columbia court has ordered a former firearms instructor to pay his onetime employer more than $60,000 in damages after a protracted legal battle over control of social media …
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An Ontario court has refused to strike a negligence and public nuisance claim brought by the Toronto District School Board against several social media corporations — including Facebook, Instagram, and …
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BC SPCA officer fired for posting violent confrontation to Instagram, secretly recording disciplinary meeting
An arbitrator has ruled that the BC Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was justified in firing an officer who posted images of an off-duty, violent confrontation with …
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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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B.C. employer justified in firing traffic flagger for posts she made on Facebook: Tribunal
Way to Go Traffic Solutions (WTG) was justified in firing one of its workers due to her conduct on social media, the British Columbia Civil Resolution Tribunal has ruled. The …


