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Vacation Pay
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Featured
B.C. tribunal dismisses Surrey worker’s complaint over prorated vacation pay during maternity leave
A British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal member has dismissed a complaint filed by a City of Surrey employee who alleged sex discrimination after the city reduced her paid vacation entitlement …
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An Ottawa restaurant has been ordered to immediately stop requiring employees to repay money for workplace errors after Ontario’s labour board found the practice violated provincial employment standar… Free Membership …
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An Alberta worker who disputed his employer’s calculation of vacation and holiday pay has succeeded in part, with the province’s labour board awarding him general holiday pay for four hours …
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FeaturedSmall Claims Court
B.C. accounting firm awarded nearly $5K after employee quits with negative vacation balance
An accounting firm in British Columbia has been awarded $4,664 after an employee resigned while owing significant vacation time he had taken during a three-month study leave. The Civil Resolution …
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A British Columbia barbershop has failed to overturn a determination that it owes a former employee more than $7,500 in unpaid wages and vacation pay, after an employment standards tribunal …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeatured
Arbitrator allows vacation grievance to proceed despite hospital making worker whole
An arbitrator has ruled that a union’s grievance over vacation entitlements during pregnancy and parental leave can proceed to a full hearing, even though the employer already provided the worker …
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Nova Scotia’s Labour Board has ordered Code Ninjas Halifax to pay a former centre director $2,922.40 in unpaid bonuses and vacation pay after the company failed to honour compensation agreements …
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Desjardins has agreed to pay more than $7 million to settle a class action lawsuit alleging the financial services company made unauthorized wage deductions from employees with negative vacation balan… …
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Employment ContractsFeatured
Alberta court awards additional vacation pay to superintendent whose contract was silent on benefit
When employers leave vacation pay undefined in an employment contract, courts are likely to step in and fill the gap if a dispute breaks out. That’s the key takeaway from …

