Court rulings, tribunal decisions, employer responsibilities, and other case law.
An arbitrator has reinstated a steel plant console operator who was fired for smoking cannabis during his lunch break, highlighting the challenges employers face in addressing substance use in safety-sensitive… …
A British Columbia employer violated workplace safety laws when it dismissed a health and safety manager after she reported bullying and harassment by the company owner, the Workers’ Compensation Appeal… …
A series of workplace confrontations involving raised voices and critical comments did not meet the legal threshold for traumatic events or significant work-related stressors, a British Columbia tribunal has ruled… …
An Alberta worker terminated for stealing copper pipe worth $180 remains entitled to temporary total disability benefits because the theft did not meet the legal threshold for “egregious conduct,” the… …
An Alberta contracting company has been ordered to pay a $1,000 administrative penalty after a worker fell more than seven metres from a residential roof in Edmonton, suffering fractures to… …
An Alberta court has dismissed a judicial review application challenging how the Alberta Labour Relations Board handled a reconsideration request in a workplace harassment case, finding the board’s decision was… …
The Ontario Labour Relations Board has denied a request from an injured worker seeking to have London Police Service retract an internal email about a workplace injury that occurred during… …
The worker had done everything asked of her. After a 2015 workplace injury left her with permanent restrictions, she completed English as a Second Language training through a program approved… …
An interest arbitration board has mandated that 32 Ontario hospitals maintain adequate stocks of N95 respirators and implement comprehensive infectious disease protocols as part of a new collective agreement covering… …
The Ontario Labour Relations Board has given a worker until mid-January to explain why his reprisal application against General Motors Canada should not be dismissed without a hearing. The worker… …
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