Canadian coverage, focused on labour relations, with verified short holdings, original analysis and links to the underlying sources. A publication date isn't the same as a decision date. The dates below identify which is shown.
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Yukon and the Public Service Alliance of Canada and Yukon Employees' Union announced a tentative collective agreement on October 27 after bargaining and conciliation. Both parties must ratify it before the new terms take effect, so public sector managers and employees remain governed by the previous agreement in the meantime.
The Newfoundland and Labrador Court of Appeal upheld a refusal to permit judicial review of three Labour Relations Board rulings. A person subject to a vexatious litigant order must show a proposed case has reasonable grounds and isn't an abuse of process, but the leave requirement can't eliminate meaningful access to court.
The Supreme Court upheld Quebec's exclusion of casino supervisors from Labour Code certification because the evidence didn't show that the exclusion substantially interfered with their freedom of association. All 7 judges agreed on the result, although they disagreed about the test for claims seeking legislative protection.
The Alberta Labour Relations Board refused to dismiss a union certification application because of delays while federal and provincial authorities disputed jurisdiction. Changes in the workforce did not justify discarding the application before a representation vote.
The Alberta Labour Relations Board dismissed a duty of fair representation complaint about a union settlement of pandemic leave grievances. The union considered the employee's lost wages, benefits, general damages and arbitration risks before accepting a resolution affecting approximately 105 workers.
The Alberta Labour Relations Board refused an employer’s request to combine three termination grievances into one arbitration. Although they involved related rental benefit transactions, the grievances concerned different employees, possible conflicting interests and differently constituted arbitration panels.
The B.C. Court of Appeal permitted 2 faculty associations to intervene jointly on limited terms but rejected a different intervention that would broaden the appeal. The ruling didn't decide the validity of the underlying resolutions.
A month of workplace developments across Canada doesn’t produce one neat story. That’s the point. Read together, the provinces and territories are showing where accommodation, labour relations, workforce shortages, benefits and changing job design are beginning to overlap.
Alberta’s labour board consolidated a warning, two suspensions and a dismissal grievance because the employer relied on the disputed earlier discipline to support termination.
A Manitoba worker alleged disability discrimination following her dismissal. The Supreme Court ruled that the dispute belonged with a labour arbitrator, not the human rights adjudicator.
The Supreme Court confirmed that Ontario public school boards are bound by section 8 of the Charter. A principal's search of teachers' private cloud notes required a constitutional privacy analysis, even in an employment grievance.
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