An Alberta labour arbitrator found an employer was justified in firing a unionized employee for just cause for his off-duty sexual assault of a co-worker.
In Corporation of the City of Calgary v Amalgamated Transit...more
4/6/2023
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Canada ,
Co-Workers ,
Disciplinary Proceedings ,
Employee Misconduct ,
Employment Policies ,
Hiring & Firing ,
International Labor Laws ,
Off-Duty Employees ,
Public Employees ,
Sexual Assault
A Labour Arbitrator decided that the National Day of Mourning for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II was not a statutory holiday under five private sector collective agreements in British Columbia.
In Construction Labour...more
In Bunge Hamilton Canada, Hamilton, Ontario v. United Food and Commercial Workers Canada, Local 175, the arbitrator found that a mandatory vaccination policy requiring unvaccinated unionized employees to be placed on unpaid...more
1/21/2022
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Arbitration Awards ,
Business Necessity ,
Canada ,
Collective Agreements ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Employment Policies ,
Grievance Process ,
Health and Safety ,
Infectious Diseases ,
International Labor Laws ,
Leave of Absence ,
Ontario ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Unions ,
Vaccinations ,
Wage and Hour ,
Workplace Safety
In TC, Local 213 and Wolseley Canada Inc (“Wolseley”), the arbitrator enforced a collective agreement’s time limit clause to dismiss an untimely grievance. This decision is a rare example of an employer successfully enforcing...more
1/7/2022
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Bargaining Units ,
Canada ,
Collective Agreements ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Filing Grievances ,
Jurisdiction ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Unions