The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario recently held a preliminary hearing to determine whether allegations made under the Human Rights Code (Code) fell within the exclusive jurisdiction of a labour arbitrator, or whether the...more
10/14/2022
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Canada ,
Collective Agreements ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Employment Tribunals ,
Human Rights ,
Human Rights Code ,
International Labor Laws ,
Jurisdiction ,
Labor Law Violations ,
Ontario ,
Unions
In Canada Post Corporation and Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW), Arbitrator Kevin Burkett denied CUPW’s cease and desist application filed under the collective agreement (CA), which arose when the employer imposed a...more
1/26/2022
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Canada ,
Cease and Desist Orders ,
Collective Agreements ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employer Mandates ,
Employment Litigation ,
Employment Policies ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Labor Relations ,
Unions ,
Vaccinations ,
Virus Testing
In Bunge Hamilton Canada, Hamilton, Ontario v. United Food and Commercial Workers Canada, Local 175 (Bunge), Arbitrator Robert J. Herman dismissed a union grievance challenging the employer’s mandatory COVID-19 vaccination...more
1/20/2022
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Arbitration Awards ,
Canada ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Employment Policies ,
Grievance Process ,
Health and Safety ,
Infectious Diseases ,
International Labor Laws ,
Ontario ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Unions ,
Vaccinations ,
Workplace Safety
In Northern Regional Health Authority v. Horrocks, 2021 SCC 42, (NHRA) a six-member majority of the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) decided that in Manitoba, human rights disputes arising from the interpretation, application,...more
11/9/2021
/ Adverse Employment Action ,
Canada ,
Collective Agreements ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Dispute Resolution ,
Employment Litigation ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Human Rights ,
Lack of Jurisdiction ,
Last Chance Agreements ,
Unions