An operating room attendant fired for refusing to comply with a hospital’s mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy has had her termination upheld by …
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The Alberta Labour Relations Board has dismissed an application by the City of Edmonton to overturn an arbitration award that reinstated a …
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Metro blames understaffed HR during COVID-19 for missing human rights tribunal deadlines
The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has reinstated Metro as a participant in a discrimination application the grocery company had not engaged …
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The B.C. General Employees’ Union has lost a bid to advance two group grievances challenging the British Columbia Public Service Agency’s COVID-19 …
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Experts understand anxiety about hantavirus, but say it’s unlikely to be next pandemic
By Nicole Ireland Infectious disease specialist Dr. Allison McGeer has lived and worked through SARS-1 in 2003, the H1N1 flu pandemic in 2009 …
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A British Columbia arbitrator has reinstated a Richmond elementary teacher who was dismissed after delivering an unauthorized classroom presentation supporting the 2022 …
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Air Canada ordered to pay pilots who were denied religious COVID-19 vaccine exemption
By Christopher Reynolds An arbitrator has ordered Air Canada to grant back pay to seven pilots denied religious exemptions from the airline’s mandatory …
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PREMIUM MPAC’s mandatory vaccination policy upheld as workers placed on unpaid leave during Omicron wave
A labour arbitrator has dismissed a policy grievance brought by the Ontario Public Service Employees Union against the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation, …
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Employment LawFeaturedLabour Relations
Nova Scotia worker’s second DFR complaint over COVID-19 vaccination leave dismissed
A Nova Scotia worker’s second attempt to hold her union accountable for failing to grieve her forced administrative leave over a COVID-19 …
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Working from home since COVID‑19? Cabin fever could be the next challenge
By Farzam Sepanta, Laura Arpan, and Liam O’Brien As Canada opened back up after the COVID-19 lockdowns, many businesses encouraged their workers …

