Brett Bundale, The Canadian Press Legal challenges of employer vaccine mandates and health measures are being tossed out as arbitrators in Canada largely side with the need to maintain safe workplaces during a pandemic, legal experts say. Most of the cases with rulings so far involve employee grievances in unionized workplaces, which have an expedited…

Brett Bundale, The Canadian Press Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) has issued a notice to employers enforcing vaccine mandates to help them fill out records of employment, a document needed to apply for EI benefits. The department said if an employee doesn’t report to work or is suspended or terminated for refusing to comply…

Paola Loriggio, The Canadian Press A Hamilton woman who alleges she was sexually assaulted by her chiropractor and then forced to see him and his friends for months at the bar where she worked says she’s relieved that the allegations are being taken seriously two years after she first came forward. The woman, who asked…

Only exemptions are for employees with medical, religious reasons Jamie Malbeuf · CBC News  99 comments One of Alberta’s largest oil and gas companies is mandating vaccines at its worksites with a COVID-19 policy that encompasses employees, contract operators and people working under direct contract at its Calgary head offices or in the field.   The decision was guided by the…

She said the incident left her grappling with trauma and brought her career to a standstill The Canadian Press · Posted: Jul 09, 2021 3:21 PM ET | Last Updated: July 9 A Hamilton home-care nurse is alleging systemic discrimination at the hands of her employer after she says the organization failed to protect her from being sexually…

Dr. Scott Huehn is allowed to continue practising but cannot ‘be in the company of female patients’ unless he is in the presence of a regulated healthcare professionalAuthor of the article: The Canadian Press Publishing ‘Good to have a sexual flow of energy’: Hamilton chiropractor charged with two sexual assaultsSTORY CONTINUES BELOWhttps://a570537261e04eeaa3c5ae75b158a23e.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-38/html/container.html?n=0 HAMILTON — A…

PAOLA LORIGGIO THE CANADIAN PRESS PUBLISHED DECEMBER 10, 2017 A Hamilton woman who alleges she was sexually assaulted by her chiropractor and then forced to see him and his friends for months at the bar where she worked says she’s relieved that her story is being taken seriously two years after she first came forward. The…

‘I need to make sure my staff … and my customers are safe,’ restaurant co-owner says CBC News · Posted: Oct 14, 2020 1:04 PM ET | Last Updated: October 14, 2020 1139 comments After refusing food to a customer who wouldn’t wear a mask at a walk-up takeout window, a local Thai restaurant was given an ultimatum:…

By Paola Loriggio The Canadian Press PLBy Paola LoriggioThe Canadian PressFri., Jan. 11, 2019timer4 min. read A shortage of adjudicators at the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario is causing widespread delays that some lawyers say could undermine cases, prolong conflicts and discourage vulnerable people from seeking relief. A notice on tribunal’s website says the dearth of adjudicators is…

By Alexandra Mazur & Kraig Krause  Global NewsPosted June 4, 2020 1:18 pm Updated June 4, 2020 6:14 pm The alleged administrator of a Kingston Facebook group has been fired by his employer after several racist memes were exposed on a local Facebook group. MetalCraft Marine, a Kingston-based boat company, has confirmed to Global News that it has fired…

Federal and provincial governments, private businesses as well as Canada’s biggest banks have in recent weeks announced plans to implement mandatory vaccination policies for many of their returning staff. These vaccine mandates require their employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19. But do employers have the right to impose such mandates? What if employees refuse? CBC…

‘Any business has the right to refuse anyone’: Ontario premier By Nicole ThompsonThe Canadian PressSun., May 10, 2020 3 min. read TORONTO — If you were hoping to get out of putting on a face mask to visit stores and other businesses demanding customers wear one, think again. Experts agree with remarks Ontario Premier Doug Ford made…

By Nicole ThompsonThe Canadian PressSun., May 10, 2020 3 min. read As provinces begin the slow process of reopening their economies and people start returning to the workplace, questions abound about the rights of employees and responsibilities of employers in the aftermath of COVID-19. The Canadian Press asked two employment lawyers, Adam Savaglio, a partner at Scarfone Hawkins…

By Nicole ThompsonThe Canadian PressSun., May 10, 2020 3 min. read As provinces begin the slow process of reopening their economies and people start returning to the workplace, questions abound about the rights of employees and responsibilities of employers in the aftermath of COVID-19.\ The Canadian Press asked two employment lawyers, Adam Savaglio, a partner at Scarfone…

Adam Savaglio is an employment law expert – here’s what he says about your rights under COVID-19 CBC Hamilton spoke, during a Facebook Live event Wednesday June 3, with employment law expert Adam Savaglio about returning to work or working from home amid COVID-19. Read what he had to say about your rights as an…