HR Law Canada

An arbitrator has ruled that an employee can seek damages for breaches of a collective agreement and duty of care, despite the employer’s argument that such claims fall exclusively under…

The Newfoundland and Labrador government has introduced legislation to remove the requirement for employees to provide sick notes after three consecutive days of sick leave. Minister Responsible for Labour Lisa…

The Supreme Court of British Columbia has awarded special costs of more than $90,000 following years of litigation in which the plaintiff, Lucky Eight Enterprises Ltd., was found to have…

The Nova Scotia Labour Board has dismissed an application by the United Food and Commercial Workers Union, Local 864 (UFCW), to certify a bargaining unit of employees at a Dartmouth…

Severance packages have become standard practice across North America, with 90 per cent of organizations now offering them and 70 per cent enhancing their packages in recent years, according to…

The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has ordered The Ivy Social Club Inc. and its owner to pay $35,000 to a former employee after finding that she was subjected to…

An arbitrator has upheld the Toronto Transit Commission’s (TTC) decision to administer a drug and alcohol test to a bus operator who was found asleep in his bus while parked…

An arbitrator has dismissed a grievance filed by the Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 1146, on behalf of a former Oxford County employee in Ontario who was terminated for…

A COVID-19 screener who claimed that repetitive use of industrial hand sanitizer pumps — as many as 600 times daily — contributed to the onset of a finger injury has…