A landscaping company truck driver has won his appeal at the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal of British Columbia after the panel found that the unauthorized disclosure of his sexual orientation… …
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A British Columbia trucking company acted within its rights when it terminated a customer service specialist without cause and paid three weeks’ wages in lieu of notice, the Supreme Court …
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Court dismisses truck driver’s bid to overturn EI benefits denial after voluntary resignation
The Federal Court has dismissed a judicial review application brought by a former long-haul truck driver who was denied Employment Insurance benefits after resigning from his job, finding the Social …
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FeaturedImmigration
Federal court stays removal of Indian-born truck driver caught in flagpoling rule dispute
A federal court has stayed the deportation of an Indian-born commercial truck driver facing removal to India after finding he raised a serious legal challenge to an exclusion order issued …
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Saskatchewan worker owed $41K in unpaid overtime after flat-rate pay scheme fails legal test
A Saskatchewan trucking company must pay a former driver more than $41,000 in unpaid overtime after a labour board ruled that a flat-rate wage arrangement that substituted a production bonus …
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Subscriber ContentWrongful Dismissal
PREMIUM Ontario court orders truck driver to provide full mitigation records in wrongful dismissal case
An Ontario court has ordered a truck driver to conduct a thorough search and produce a complete affidavit of documents showing his mitigation efforts after he was terminated by M&C… …
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Alberta board dismisses duty of fair representation complaints alleging racial discrimination
The Alberta Labour Relations Board has summarily dismissed two complaints from a terminated driver who alleged his union breached its duty of fair representation through racial and religious discrimin… Free …
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N.B. trucking companies urge additional government action on the Driver Inc. model
By Remko van Rhijn | River Valley Sun Trucking companies across New Brunswick and the Maritimes welcome Ottawa’s recent crackdown on the so-called Driver Inc. model, but warn that without sustained, …
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Sysco Ottawa required to let drivers bid on daily routes by seniority, arbitrator rules
An Ontario arbitrator has ruled that Sysco Ottawa violated its collective agreement by using “bid packs” that restricted drivers’ ability to choose their daily routes by seniority, finding the employe… …
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PREMIUM Federal Court dismisses judicial review of EI disqualification for worker who quit three jobs
The Federal Court has dismissed an application for judicial review brought by a truck driver who was disqualified from receiving Employment Insurance benefits after voluntarily leaving three separate jobs within… …


