OK to Discipline School Custodian for Bullying His Supervisors
In a bit of a role reversal, a maintenance employee was suspended 1 days and ordered to take an anger
Wrongfully Terminated Employee Wins $100,000 in Lost Opportunity Damages
Four months into her articling (i.e., legal internship) term, a law student was fired for alleged plagiarism and disclosing confidential
Arbitrator Reinstates Worker Fired for Fighting with Co-Worker
All agreed that a steel worker deserved to be disciplined for getting into a physical altercation with a co-worker on
Probationary Teacher Wasn’t Fired for Reporting Classroom Violence
A high school teaching assistant assigned to work with special need students with autism was fired just 2 months into
Court Refuses to Pull Plug on RCMP Employees’ $1.1 Billion Harassment Lawsuit
A group of RCMP employees who claim they were harassed and bullied at work filed a $1.1 billion class action
Can Employer Pre-Test to Screen Union Employee Qualifications for Open Jobs?
Unions objected to SaskTel’s “unilateral and arbitrary” use of pre-testing applicants for vacant positions and automatically excluding anyone who flunked
Creating New IT Position Outside Bargaining Unit Not an Unfair Labour Practice
In 2019, the Labour Relations Board ruled that an insurance company committed an unfair labour practice by unilaterally establishing a
Was Terminating Employee After 36 Months of Disability Leave Discrimination?
After 36 months of disability leave and no prospects, an employer decided enough is enough and terminated an administrator’s employment.