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Human Rights Tribunal invalidates gender-specific job agreement

Dentons
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Canada
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January 28 2008

In a decision rendered last October 26th, the Human Rights Tribunal (hereinafter the "HRT"), ordered Montreal’s Jewish General Hospital and the union, solidarily, to pay $10,000 in moral damages and $5,000 in exemplary damages to each of two complainants who were discriminated against further to the adoption of an agreement to make the position of orderly gender-specific (hereinafter the "Agreement"

A fall sustained when returning from break can constitute an industrial accident

Dentons
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Canada
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January 28 2008

Section 2 of the Act respecting industrial accidents and occupational diseases defines an industrial accident as "a sudden and unforeseen event, attributable to any cause, which happens to a person, arising out of or in the course of his work and resulting in an employment injury to him"

Section 8 of the Act Respecting Industrial Accidents and Occupational Diseases does not contravene the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Dentons
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Canada
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January 28 2008

In the April 2007 edition of Focus, we reported on a decision by the Superior Court confirming the constitutionality of Section 8 of the Act respecting industrial accidents and occupational diseases

The Court of Appeal renders a major decision regarding random alcohol and drug testing

Dentons
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Canada
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January 28 2008

In the September 2007 edition of Focus, we reported on the jurisprudence concerning on-the-job drug testing

Ontario jury awards ex-employee $1.4 million for mistreatment by former manager

Dentons
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Canada
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January 8 2013

In a cautionary tale for employers, a jury in Windsor, Ontario awarded $1.4 million in damages to a former Wal-Mart employee who alleged that she had been

Focus on labour and employment law - July 2008 (special edition)

Dentons
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Canada
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July 29 2008

The employer’s duty to accommodate ends where the employee is no longer able to fulfill the basic obligations associated with the employment relationship for the foreseeable future

Keays v. Honda Canada Inc. revisited

Dentons
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Canada
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May 12 2009

The Supreme Court of Canada decision of Keays v. Honda Canada Inc. represents an important step towards clarifying the nature of damages recoverable upon the termination of employment

Supreme Court overturns BC Court of Appeal’s ruling on competition by ex-employee

Dentons
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Canada
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January 26 2009

The Supreme Court of Canada released a decision on January 23, 2009 providing the latest guidance on restrictive covenants, the case of Sharfron v. KRG Insurance Brokers (Western) Inc

Court of Appeal ruling: grievance arbitrators do not have jurisdiction to rule on a remedy based on Section 124 of the Labour Standards Act

Dentons
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Canada
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September 26 2008

In general, collective agreements exclude employees who have a precarious status (employees who are casual, probationary, temporary, on a priority list, etc.) from recourse to grievance proceedings in the event of dismissal

Supreme Court renders judgment specifying the circumstances for awarding wrongful dismissal damages

Dentons
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Canada
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September 26 2008

On June 27, 2008, in an Ontario wrongful dismissal case, the Supreme Court rendered a judgment whereby it clarified certain aspects of the rules of compensation for wrongful termination of an employment relationship

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Human Rights Tribunal invalidates gender-specific job agreement

A fall sustained when returning from break can constitute an industrial accident

Section 8 of the Act Respecting Industrial Accidents and Occupational Diseases does not contravene the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

The Court of Appeal renders a major decision regarding random alcohol and drug testing

Ontario jury awards ex-employee $1.4 million for mistreatment by former manager

Focus on labour and employment law - July 2008 (special edition)

Keays v. Honda Canada Inc. revisited

Supreme Court overturns BC Court of Appeal’s ruling on competition by ex-employee

Court of Appeal ruling: grievance arbitrators do not have jurisdiction to rule on a remedy based on Section 124 of the Labour Standards Act

Supreme Court renders judgment specifying the circumstances for awarding wrongful dismissal damages

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