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hrreporter.com | Jeffrey R. Smith
A federal labour board has dismissed multiple complaints and grievances by a former federal employee who alleged that his termination and a request for a fit-to-work assessment were reprisals for invoking workplace safety provisions under the Canada Labour Code.
The worker was an information management analyst in the human resources branch of Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) in Toronto. On Dec.
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hrreporter.com | Jeffrey R. Smith
‘While the language wasn't explicitly clear, the employment agreement did provide for payment of some commissions’ By Apr 17, 2025 “Employers should understand that courts will, as a matter of principle, read contracts as they are, and with the idea that what's written down is intended by the parties.
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hrreporter.com | Jeffrey R. Smith
Niagara Falls, Ontario | (157 nursing home employees) and Christian Labour Association of Canada, Local 302 By Apr 16, 2025 Renewal agreement: July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2026.
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hrreporter.com | Jeffrey R. Smith
London, Ontario | (225 library employees) and Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 217 By Apr 16, 2025 Renewal agreement: January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2026.
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hrreporter.com | Jeffrey R. Smith
Employer dismissed employee for non-compliance By Apr 16, 2025 The Ontario Human Rights Tribunal has dismissed an application by a worker who alleged that his dismissal for failing to comply with a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy violated their human rights.
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1 week ago | 
hrreporter.com | Jeffrey R. Smith
‘It's irrelevant what the parties intended… it now has to be exactly and perfectly worded,' says lawyer discussing recent Ontario decision By Apr 16, 2025 “There's no such thing as a termination clause built on interpretation - it now has to be perfectly worded for it to be upheld, and the courts are going to find any avenue for viewing termination clauses on the side of the employee.” So says employment lawyer Natasha Atyeo of Grosman Gale Fletcher Hopkins in Toronto, after the Ontario Court...
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hrreporter.com | Jeffrey R. Smith
‘Many employers wouldn’t go as far as this employer did, but it was working hard to get this individual back to work,' says lawyer By Apr 14, 2025 “Employers are not required to accommodate every single request that an employee has - it's not about the employee's choice, it’s about what they reasonably require based on medical evidence on restrictions.” So says Laura Dunnigan, an employment lawyer at Mathews Dinsdale in Calgary, after the Alberta Human Rights Tribunal dismissed a worker’s...
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1 week ago | 
hrreporter.com | Jeffrey R. Smith
The Manitoba Court of King's Bench has dismissed a worker’s constructive dismissal claim because it falls under the exclusive jurisdiction of a labour arbitrator and had been addressed in other labour actions.
The worker was a unionized employee with the City of Winnipeg’s Police Service beginning in December 2000. The certified collective bargaining agent of which the worker was a member was the Winnipeg Police Association (WPA).
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2 weeks ago | 
hrreporter.com | Jeffrey R. Smith
Toronto, Ontario | (470 manufacturing employees) and Unifor, Local 252 By Apr 09, 2025 Renewal agreement: May 1, 2024 to April 30, 2027.
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2 weeks ago | 
hrreporter.com | Jeffrey R. Smith
Toronto, Ontario | (230 community support workers) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 3358-01 By Apr 09, 2025 Renewal agreement: April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2026.
