An arbitrator has ordered Metrolinx to reinstate five transit workers who were terminated for making sexually harassing comments about female co-workers, substituting lengthy suspensions for the disch… To continue reading, …
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🔒Vancouver Police Board ordered to pay $30,000 to officer over harassment complaint handling
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FeaturedPrivacy
Nunavut’s privacy commissioner finds no breach in sharing employee medical reports but faults storage practices
A Nunavut government employee failed to prove privacy violations when independent medical examination reports were shared among HR and departmental officials, but the territory’s privacy commissioner … To continue reading, …
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By Jonathan Lord, University of Salford; Gordon Fletcher, University of Salford, and Saad Baset, University of Salford It’s late evening and your phone vibrates with some banter from colleagues. You …
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FeaturedProfessional Misconduct
Ontario lawyer found guilty of professional misconduct for sexual harassment via WhatsApp
An Ontario lawyer has been found guilty of professional misconduct for sexually harassing a client, following a Law Society Tribunal ruling that determined he engaged in inappropriate communications a… To …
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FeaturedPrivacy
Stop using WhatsApp: Nunavut privacy commissioner’s message to senior leaders at Department of Education
The Department of Education in Nunavut has come under scrutiny following a review by the Information and Privacy Commissioner, who found errors in the redaction of personal information in response …
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Opinion/Commentary
GO Transit case highlights the shadows cast by off-duty conduct after Ontario court blasts arbitrator’s reasoning
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberAn Ontario court has confirmed, underscored, highlighted — and just plain emphasized, yet again — that employers have a duty to investigate allegations of workplace harassment even if there is …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeaturedSexual Harassment
Ontario court overturns reinstatement of GO Transit drivers fired for crude WhatsApp chats, orders new arbitration
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has overturned an arbitrator’s decision that reinstated five GO Transit bus drivers who were fired by Metrolinx after allegations of workplace harassment via What… …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeaturedRecommendedSexual Harassment
GO Transit ordered to reinstate 5 bus drivers fired for crude WhatsApp conversations
In a significant arbitration decision handed down this week, five GO Transit bus drivers were found to have been unjustly terminated due to private conversations they held on the encrypted …

