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SPOTLIGHT STORIES

Top 10 legal errors employers make – and how to avoid the costly consequences
Rewriting the rules: HR needs to review employment contracts in light of Dufault ruling, says Rudner
After the fact: Alleging cause post-termination is fair game, but tread carefully
Navigating human rights and accommodation in Ontario’s workplace
Featured
‘Fundamentally flawed’: CBSA ordered to conduct new investigation into harassment and violence

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has been ordered to conduct a new workplace investigation, using a different investigator, after a long-serving border guard alleged …

Former Toronto librarian, fired for refusing to comply with vaccine policy, loses appeal for EI benefits at Federal Court
Former Credential Securities advisor drops claim by $300K, wins right to pursue case under ‘simplified procedure’
Ontario unveils latest slate of workplace changes with Working for Workers Five Act
B.C. law student who sexually harassed victim via Snapchat allowed to continue articling, but with conditions: Tribunal
Ontario court stays proposed class action against Lyft over driver classification
CanLII looking for volunteers to help author annotated guide to Ontario’s Employment Standards Act
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Firing of worker with disability not discriminatory, but tribunal critical of benefits cessation

A civil engineering technologist who alleged his dismissal was timed to prevent him from applying for long-term disability (LTD) benefits due to escalating health issues …

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Human Rights & SEXUAL HARASSMENT

B.C. Human Rights Tribunal dismisses doctor’s discrimination complaint over workplace conduct allegations

by HR Law Canada

The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal has dismissed a complaint from J.M., a physician who alleged discrimination by Carlton Gardens Limited Partnership, Pro Vita Care Management Inc., and …

Sexual harassment complaint involving make-up artist, TV news anchor in B.C. proceeding
Human rights complaint against City of Vancouver, centered on half-naked photo of Barbie with broken legs, dismissed

Three former workers at TJ Construction Management awarded more than $320,000 for harassment, discrimination by CEO

No new evidence: Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario rejects bid by former Women’s Habitat of Etobicoke to reconsider ruling

Former Opa! Souvlaki worker awarded nearly $40,000 for sexual harassment, poisoned work environment

Former personal trainer at GoodLife Fitness who filed harassment complaint months after leaving has application dismissed

Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario dismisses part of discrimination case against U-Haul due to lack of response from personal respondent

Woman awarded $39,000 after being sexually harassed by family friend during work trip to install solar panels

Ontario human rights tribunal deems Ivy Social Club in default for non-response to sex discrimination allegations

Human rights tribunal rejects bid to add company president as ‘personal respondent’ in sex discrimination claim

WORKPLACE NEWS

Workplace News

Kyle McCreary appointed chair of the Saskatchewan Labour Relations Board

by HR Law Canada

OPINION & COMMENTARY

Opinion/CommentaryWorkplace Violence

The costs of workplace violence are too high to ignore

by The Conversation
Opinion/Commentary

London’s runaway horses remind us that animals are workers too

by The Conversation
Opinion/Commentary

Tech-based sexual harassment at work is common, male-dominated and often intended to cause harm

by The Conversation

WRONGFUL DISMISSAL

Former IBM exec claims his termination was part of company strategy to remove older executives from its ranks

by HR Law Canada

Jurisdictional puzzle: Nova Scotia worker’s termination sparks legal debate about federally versus provincially regulated employers

After the fact: Alleging cause post-termination is fair game, but tread carefully

Quit or fired? Small claims court awarded B.C. construction manager $5,000 severance

JUST CAUSE

Termination upheld for Health Canada worker who threatened boss with violence after leave request denied

by HR Law Canada

After the fact: Alleging cause post-termination is fair game, but tread carefully

Federal Court upholds firing of RBC investment planner who manipulated client transactions to gain nearly $100,000 in unearned compensation

Long-serving truck driver at Regional Municipality of Niagara has dismissal upheld for creating toxic work environment

LABOUR RELATIONS & ARBITRATION

Federal Court of Appeal rejects bid by worker to introduce new evidence from 1993 in decades old grievance against PSAC

by HR Law Canada

Ontario court overturns reinstatement of GO Transit drivers fired for crude WhatsApp chats, orders new arbitration

Nova Scotia Court of Appeal rejects nurses’ wage dispute grievance, says bargaining – not arbitration – is appropriate forum

Moncton Honda didn’t violate collective agreement by giving alternate day off for Remembrance Day: Arbitrator

LEGAL NEWS

Tyron Telang named interim manager of legal talent at Lawson Lundell LLP in Calgary, Yellowknife

by HR Law Canada

Miller Thomson launches tech, IP and privacy law group

Ontario court dismisses $20 million lawsuit against Lerners LLP from former clients it represented in wrongful dismissal claim

Fred Thiessen, Tamara Reimer join labour and employment team at Fillmore Riley LLP in Winnipeg

MUST-READ STORIES | SPOTLIGHT

Festive fun without the legal fallout: Tips for workplace holiday parties

by Todd Humber

WEBINARS

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Workplace Safety

Finding good in the bad: Alberta’s creative sentences for OHS incidents create legacy of safety improvement

Oilfield equipment supplier fined $360,000 after fatal workplace incident in Alberta

Ontario cabinet maker who sued employer over injuries has case tossed, court says WSIB has exclusive jurisdiction
Boucher Bros. Lumber fined $102,000 after worker injured by wood planer

WORKPLACE VIOLENCE

The costs of workplace violence are too high to ignore

Nova Scotia court says it doesn’t have jurisdiction in defamation case involving unionized workers who witnessed shooting
Arbitrator orders security upgrades in parking garage at Winnipeg’s Health Sciences Centre in wake of assault on nurse

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