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Federal appeal court protects worker from discipline during safety investigation

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In Pacific Coast Terminals v Habus, the Federal Court of Appeal upheld a Labour Board decision concerning a worker's refusal of unsafe work. The court accepted that the employer could not impose anticipatory discipline while the statutory safety investigation remained underway.

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