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Appropriate for board to rely on offences committed twenty years earlier

  • Miller Thomson LLP
  • -
  • Canada
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  • April 25 2013

The Grievor, a bus drivercustodian, pleaded guilty to sexual offences involving minors some twenty years earlier and was convicted. The events

Reasonableness “invited”, but not “required” under terms of collective agreement

  • Miller Thomson LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • February 28 2013

The Ontario Divisional Court just released its decision in Grand Erie District School Board v. Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation

HRTO enforces one year timeline to bring application: is this good news for employers?

  • Blaney McMurtry LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • October 15 2012

A recent decision of the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has clarified the policy of the Tribunal when dealing with the issue of timeliness

Teacher freedom of expression

  • Miller Thomson LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • September 28 2012

The Putting Students First Act (the “Act”), which was proclaimed in force effective September 12, 2012, (with the exception of section 20, which still remains to be proclaimed) has created uncertainty for school board administrations

Board does not have to compensate teachers for work that is not performed

  • Miller Thomson LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • March 30 2012

In a matter between the Ontario Secondary School Teacher’s Federation (OSSTF) and Peel District School Board (the 'Board'), Arbitrator Laura Trachuk was asked to consider the case of a full time teacher who for several years requested and was given part time hours as a result of a disability

Discharge of teacher under TPA system upheld by arbitrator

  • Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • March 15 2012

Discharge of teachers for unsatisfactory teaching performance is seldom a straightforward task

Student codes of conduct not subject to arbitration in B.C.

  • Miller Thomson LLP
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  • Canada
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  • February 29 2012

A recent B.C. Court of Appeal decision held that the B.C. Teachers’ Federation could not require school boards to establish and enforce student codes of conduct through the collective agreement because they were never negotiated between the parties

Limits to supervision time is a “hard” 80-minute cap, for all teachers

  • Miller Thomson LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • January 30 2012

In a recent arbitral decision, the issue was whether a teacher who has additional responsibilities as a "Teacher in Charge" or "Teacher Administrative Assistant," can be asked to provide more than the 80 minutes per five-day instructional cycle of supervision time allowed under the collective agreement

Custody and control of electronic calendars

  • Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang
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  • Canada
  • -
  • January 8 2012

In a recent decision of the B.C Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner an adjudicator found that a Minister’s electronic calendar containing both entries related to ministerial business and entries related to the Minister’s activities as an MLA was a single record that was in the custody of or under the control of the Province for the purposes of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (“FIPPA“

Student witnesses might be necessary to prove case

  • Miller Thomson LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • November 30 2011

In a recent arbitral decision involving the Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and Clarington Catholic District School Board and Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association, the sufficiency of evidence was considered by an arbitrator when evaluating the discipline imposed on a teacher