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A classic case of “who done it?”

  • Stewart McKelvey
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • March 1 2013

A recent Nova Scotia decision - Pictou County Health Authority v. Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 2525, represents the rare time in which a

Arbitrator finds hospital did not take too long to accommodate

  • Heenan Blaikie LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • September 23 2012

Even though the legal principles governing the duty to accommodate disability are well established, applying them in practice continues to be a challenge for employers

Administrative, court & other decisions

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 6 2012

The National Mediation Board denied an election interference complaint from the Teamsters against the IAM and United Continental Holdings Inc

RN’s harassment and bullying of RPNs was “subtle” and “insidious”: arbitrator refuses to reinstate

  • Dentons
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • June 19 2012

A labour arbitrator has refused to reinstate a discharged Registered Nurse because of her “subtle” and “insidious” bullying and harassment of Registered Practical Nurses

Employees are required to disclose confidential medical information for accommodation purposes

  • McMillan LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • May 25 2012

A recent Ontario arbitral award is reshaping the way employers and employees must approach the legal duty to accommodate employees with disabilities in the workplace

Do good things come to those who wait?

  • Porzio Bromberg & Newman PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 27 2012

Contrary to the old adage, good things do not always come to those who wait

Injured ambulance attendant who assumed potential safety risk entitled to be accommodated: Ontario arbitrator

  • Dentons
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • April 26 2012

An Ontario arbitrator has held that an ambulance attendant was entitled to be accommodated by the employer, by permitting him to “ride 3rd” in an ambulance despite a potential but not actual risk to his safety

Court denies motion to compel arbitration filed three days before trial

  • Day Pitney LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 11 2012

In Cole v. Jersey City Medical Center, the New Jersey Appellate Division held that an employer is precluded from enforcing an arbitration provision in an employment contract because it waited until three days before trial to raise arbitration as a defense

Lawyer’s bullyingharassment investigation report not privileged: care needed when using lawyer as investigator

  • Dentons
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • January 4 2012

An Ontario labour arbitrator has decided that a hospital’s lawyer’s investigation report into a bullyingharassment complaint was not privileged, so that the union was entitled to a copy

Employee dismissed for incomplete medical disclosure prior to hiring

  • Stikeman Elliott LLP
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  • Canada
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  • December 19 2011

Although the employee acted in good faith and did not voluntarily try to mislead her future employer by not revealing certain aspects of her medical history, the arbitrator in Association des policières et policiers provinciaux du Québec et Sûreté du Québec (K.T.) confirmed the employee’s dismissal on the grounds of vitiated of consent in the formation of the employment contract