Court Upholds Law Ending 2017 College Academic Staff Strike
In November 2017, Ontario enacted legislation to end a 5-week strike by academic staff at the 24 Colleges of Applied
Supervisor Fired for Not Cooperating with Harassment Investigation Is Reinstated
A worker claimed that he was being sexually harassed by his female supervisor. The company acknowledged that to the extent
Corporate Acquisition Amounts to Constructive Dismissal of Target’s Employee
Having acquired GE Transportation from General Electric Canada, Wabtec was eager to retain the target company’s talented electrical engineer. But,
Truck Incident Is Grounds for Testing the Driver but not the Passenger
A mine worker drove a company pickup truck containing a co-worker passenger in the rear into a prohibited zone where
Professor Gets Fired for Filing Bad Faith Twitter Harassment Complaint
A controversial university professor became embroiled in a full-blown “Twitter war” with her colleagues. The professor complained to HR contending
No Proof that Medication Side Effects Make Airline Mechanic an Unacceptable Safety Risk
An airline mechanic returning to work from a work-related back injury tells his supervisor that the drugs he’s using to
Hi-Rail Truck Incident Doesn’t Justify Reasonable Cause Drug Testing
A railway fired a driver for refusing to take a reasonable cause drug test after running his hi-rail truck through
SCC Decision Offers Potential Insight Into Privacy Rights For Private-Sector Employees
In a significant decision focused on public employers, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) recently held that Ontario public school