A Saskatchewan employee’s attempt to hold a city government liable for negligent investigation in her constructive dismissal case has been firmly rejected by the province’s Court of Appeal. The court …
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FeaturedPrivacy
N.W.T.’s Department of Municipal and Community Affairs ordered to disclose workplace investigation report
A recent decision from the Information and Privacy Commissioner of the Northwest Territories determined that the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs (MACA) must fully disclose a workplace investigation report …
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FeaturedWrongful Dismissal
Federal court upholds reinstatement of director fired amidst toxic workplace allegations at Miawpukek First Nation
The Federal Court has rejected an employer’s attempt to overturn an adjudicator’s decision reinstating a senior manager to her former position, concluding that the order was reasonable under federal labour …
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FeaturedOccupational Health & Safety
B.C. court dismisses worker’s challenge over workplace harassment investigation into mobbing complaint
A British Columbia court has dismissed a worker’s attempt to overturn a WorkSafeBC decision that deemed her employer’s followup investigation into a mobbing complaint sufficient and decided no penalties were …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeatured
Arbitrator clarifies scope of ‘disrespectful conduct’ in Government of Yukon’s workplace policy
The Government of Yukon’s Respectful Workplace Policy and its collective agreement with the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) came under scrutiny after a policy grievance was filed by the …
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FeaturedWrongful Dismissal
B.C. court rejects fired worker’s attempt to obtain employer’s investigative report amid whistleblower safety concerns
A British Columbia Supreme Court ruling has rejected a fired worker’s attempt to access an employer’s confidential investigative report tied to his termination, citing privacy and safety risks to third-party …
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FeaturedPrivacy
Nunavut’s Department of HR ordered to release unredacted investigation report to former employee
Nunavut’s privacy commissioner has recommended that the territory’s Department of Human Resources (HR) release an unredacted harassment investigation report to a former contract employee because it improperly applied privacy exemptions. …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeatured
Toronto Metropolitan University’s use of lawyer-investigators violated collective agreement: Arbitrator
An arbitrator has found that Toronto Metropolitan University breached its collective agreement and employment legislation by retaining external investigators who were in a solicitor-client relationship with the institution, leading to …
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FeaturedPrivacy
Privacy commissioner orders Nunavut’s Department of Human Resources to release unredacted harassment reports
Nunavut’s Information and Privacy Commissioner, Graham Steele, has ruled that the Department of Human Resources (HR) improperly redacted workplace harassment investigation reports and recommended they be released to the complainant …
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By Maggie Macintosh | Winnipeg Free Press Staff members at the Manitoba Teachers’ Society met the official launch of a third-party probe into the union’s embattled headquarters with outrage, tears and …
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