An Ontario arbitrator has dismissed a series of grievances from nurses at Orillia Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital who sought premium pay after voluntarily …
Arbitration
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Labour Law
PREMIUM B.C. Ferries meet-or-exceed test applies to whole bargaining unit, not just casual and seasonal staff
The British Columbia Labour Relations Board has dismissed a union’s bid to have minimum employment standards applied individually to casual and seasonal …
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FeaturedEmployment Law
‘Sympathy alone cannot carry the day’: Long-serving librarian fired after LCA breach
A British Columbia arbitrator has upheld the termination of a university librarian with more than four decades of service, finding the worker …
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Labour Law
PREMIUM University of Western Ontario supervisors excluded from staff union after arbitration
An Ontario arbitrator has ruled that facilities supervisors at the University of Western Ontario were properly excluded from the university’s staff association …
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Labour Law
PREMIUM Halton Catholic school board ordered to return to four-period day, pay teachers compensation
A labour arbitrator has ruled that the Halton Catholic District School Board violated a collective agreement by scheduling secondary school teachers on …
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FeaturedLabour RelationsRemote Working
IESO hybrid work model falls outside telework clause, arbitrator rules
An Ontario arbitrator has ruled that the Independent Electricity System Operator’s hybrid work model does not qualify as teleworking under its collective …
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Labour LawMental Health
PREMIUM Statistics Canada supervisor fired for falsifying monitoring reports over four-month period
A federal labour board has upheld the termination of a Statistics Canada call centre supervisor who submitted false quality monitoring reports on …
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Two Halifax Regional Police constables were properly excluded from a 2023 salary adjustment program because their pre-hire military police experience had already …
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Labour Law
PREMIUM Employer’s vacation guidance document, medical appointment break practice upheld in arbitration
An arbitrator has dismissed two policy grievances filed by the Health Sciences Association of Alberta against Alberta Precision Laboratories, finding that neither …
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FeaturedLabour RelationsOpinion
When an arbitrator can order a company to rebuild what it tore down
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberThere is a moment in many labour disputes when management exhales. The facility is closed. The workers are gone. The equipment is …

