A worker who was offered the choice between retirement and termination over an alleged theft of time has lost a bid to… …
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BC health ministry urges wildfire smoke precautions as air quality worsens
Wildfire smoke exposure can cause both short-term and long-term health harm, and reducing that exposure is the best way to lower the… …
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PREMIUM Compressed schedule workers at B.C. pulp mill denied paid Truth and Reconciliation Day
Full-time pulp mill employees working compressed 12-hour shift schedules are not entitled to paid statutory holiday leave for the National Day for… …
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Amazon Canada Fulfillment Services has been directed to conclude its first collective agreement with Unifor, Local 114, through arbitration by a single… …
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A bid by a union to strike down restrictions on where striking workers can picket has failed, with the British Columbia Labour… …
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FeaturedGovernment Policy & BudgetsMental Health
B.C. weighs new duty for employers to address psychological hazards
Employers would have to identify and control psychological hazards in the workplace under a new part of British Columbia’s Occupational Health and… …
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B.C. labour board orders Amazon into binding arbitration for first contract
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberThe British Columbia Labour Relations Board has ordered Amazon into binding arbitration to settle its first collective agreement with Unifor Local 114,… …
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Labour Law
PREMIUM B.C. board upholds ruling that on-call IT technicians not entitled to standby pay
A union’s bid to overturn an arbitration award finding that information technology deskside technicians responding to after-hours calls are entitled to on-call,… …
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Labour Law
PREMIUM Starbucks, union pointed toward strike or lockout for first contract for 7 B.C. locations
Starbucks Coffee Canada and a bargaining unit of roughly 120 employees represented by the United Steelworkers, Local 2009, have been directed to… …
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A grievance filed by a cook at the Pan Pacific Vancouver Hotel alleging bullying and harassment in the workplace was handled with… …

