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Former firearms instructor ordered to pay $60,000 following fight over ownership of company social media accounts

A British Columbia court has ordered a former firearms instructor to pay his onetime employer more than $60,000 in damages after a protracted legal battle …

Court of Appeal increases wrongful dismissal damages after Koolatron’s mitigation claims fail

Sexual harassment claim costs CEO $16,500 after assistant resigns five days into new role

Court declines to strike Toronto school board’s claim in social media lawsuit

Human rights application dismissed for delay, insufficient evidence of discrimination

Nearly half of Canadian workers feel burned out, legal and HR pros heading the pack: Survey

WCAT denies remedy to worker fired after he refused to work with supervisor with a DUI

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First Nations tax administrator constructively dismissed after replacement during medical leave

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A long-serving tax administrator for the Osoyoos Indian Band (OIB) has been awarded 24 months’ notice and $50,000 in aggravated damages after the British Columbia Supreme Court ruled she had been constructively dismissed. That’s because the OIB secretly …

Court grants injunction against former Arc Compute execs who breached fiduciary duty, orders new company to shut down

Federal Court overturns refusal of resident permit for student from Ghana, cites employer’s letter of support

Court dismisses proposed class action alleging anti-Black discrimination in federal public service

Labour board overturns arbitrator’s refusal to reinstate union representative for BCIT

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SkipTheDishes loses bid to challenge union certification process

Termination upheld for safety violation after fire watch failure at JBS beef processing plant

Accounting firm not a ‘common employer’ with dental practice, B.C. Court of Appeal rules

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Sexual Harassment

Sexual harassment claim costs CEO $16,500 after assistant resigns five days into new role

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An Ontario Human Rights Tribunal has awarded $16,500 to an employee who was sexually harassed by her employer’s CEO, but dismissed the claim against the corporate respondent due …

Human rights application dismissed for delay, insufficient evidence of discrimination
Human rights complaint, deferred for criminal proceeding, dismissed after applicant missed deadline to reactivate it

Discrimination complaint against IBEW in sexual harassment case from former traffic controller dismissed

Regina lawyer suspended two months for courtroom sexual harassment of court worker

Red Lobster employee’s document requests denied in Ontario labour board case

Landlord ordered to disclose repair person’s identity in sexual harassment case

Board upholds firing of Sobeys night-shift shelf stocker who made inappropriate comment during icebreaker

Britco Pork justified in firing worker over his inappropriate behaviour at company barbecue

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Opinion & Commentary

Opinion/Commentary

Ten years after the UK’s Modern Slavery Act, why has this ‘world-leading’ legislation had so little impact?

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Top earners are increasingly isolated at work – here’s why it matters

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Why global firms are pushed to take sides in wars, and how they can avoid it

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WRONGFUL DISMISSAL

Court of Appeal increases wrongful dismissal damages after Koolatron’s mitigation claims fail

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Ontario worker, fired for taking sick leave after contracting COVID, awarded $23,000 by OLRB

Sobeys Liquor wins appeal over termination pay for manager who chose to resign over being fired

Employers weigh legal options to reduce headcount as U.S. tariffs threaten Canadian jobs

JUST CAUSE

Britco Pork justified in firing worker over his inappropriate behaviour at company barbecue

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Casino worker’s firing was for absenteeism, ‘abrasive’ behaviour – not safety complaint: Board

B.C. project manager’s dismissal upheld for time theft, insubordination

Lantic justified in firing worker for picket line misconduct, rules B.C. arbitrator

LABOUR RELATIONS & ARBITRATION

Court upholds dismissal of OPSEU grievances over COVID-19 safety issues at prison, citing issue estoppel and collateral attack

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Court upholds arbitration ruling on severance rights for two Saskatchewan Polytechnic workers after reassignment

Arbitrator shuts door on worker’s late vaccine exemption claim, rejects union’s bid to challenge mandate

Sawmill’s decision to assign weekend clean-up overtime to students upheld by arbitrator

LEGAL NEWS

Three new judges appointed to Saskatchewan’s provincial court

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‘Reign of terror’: Alberta lawyer receives six-month suspension for workplace abuse, document falsification

McCarthy Tétrault earns 2025 Catalyst Award for advancing workplace inclusion

Kerry Hatfield appointed as Newfoundland and Labrador’s Information and Privacy Commissioner

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Mental Health

Workplace harassment did not cause worker’s mental stress injury: Ontario...

B.C. tribunal dismisses human rights complaint against CMHA due to valid settlement agreement

Full and final release binding despite employee’s schizophrenia, tribunal rules

Court upholds B.C.’s higher workers’ comp threshold for mental stress, but questions ‘labour relations exclusion’

Discrimination claim against Sunnybrook Research Institute tossed, tribunal cites lack of co-operation in accommodation

Cashier who claimed depression, anxiety due to prolonged workplace bullying, harassment denied WCB benefits

Employer denied increased workers’ comp cost relief for nurse subjected to sexual harassment

Professional Misconduct

Regina lawyer suspended two months for courtroom sexual harassment of court worker

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