Funds to provide training on legal rights, create plans to reform policies. OTTAWA (CP) — A project aimed at reducing workplace harassment and promoting accountable work environments will receive almost $2.8 million in federal funding, the government announced Friday. The money will go to fund Roadmap to Future Workplaces, a project that will provide training [...]

Following a seven-month long investigation, a 45-year-old woman has been charged with allegedly stealing more than $2.4 million from her place of work, the Ontario Minor Hockey Association. Following a seven-month long investigation, a 45-year-old woman has been charged with allegedly stealing more than $2.4 million from her place of work, the Ontario Minor Hockey [...]

Worker faced off against boss over exhaust fumes in office; worker claimed unjust dismissal, company claimed resignation. A New Brunswick worker who experienced health issues due to exhaust fumes coming into her trucking company’s office was surprised to find she had been replaced when she came back from sick leave. The company said she had [...]

Continued employment of harassment victim ‘intolerable’, but employer didn’t intentionally cause her PTSD and depression. An Ontario employer constructively dismissed a worker when it rehired a former manager who had sexually harassed the worker years earlier, but it didn’t intentionally cause the worker’s PTSD and depression that stemmed from the hiring decision, according to Ontario [...]

Not-so-private behaviour gets Nova Scotia worker in trouble. Workplace harassment can come in many forms. It’s often pretty obvious – inappropriate behaviour or bullying co-workers is hard to miss when it’s happening. Sometimes it may be less obvious and more sneaky — such as snarky asides, dirty looks and leering — that maybe only the [...]

Non-solicitation clause allowed enough leeway for worker to work in related occupation; worker's conduct indicated intention to compete with former employer. Restrictive covenants (such as non-competition and non-solicitation clauses) are a common feature of many employment agreements. It is relatively rare, however, that companies resort to litigation to enforce these requirements by way of an [...]

Concerns over employers using microtargeting to exclude some workers from seeing job ads based on age. The Canadian and Ontario human rights commissions have taken the exceptional step of joining forces to urge Facebook to stop Canadian employers from being able to post job ads that discriminate against some workers on the basis of age. [...]

13-year fight isn’t over as B.C. man demands more compensation, Transport Canada seeks to claw back payout. A Victoria man has been handed what he says is the biggest human rights damage award in Canada because he was denied a job as an intelligence analyst with Transport Canada on account of his depression. Chris Hughes, 50, has received $518,000 from the [...]

Tech company allegedly avoided payments by transferring work to Ford. TORONTO (CP) — An Ontario judge has cleared the way for a class action on behalf of about 300 former employees of BlackBerry who are seeking severance or termination pay from the technology company. The suit alleges, among other things, that BlackBerry had attempted to [...]

Ploy discovered after enrollment in training course. MONTREAL (CP) — Health officials in Quebec have discovered that a woman who had been working as a nurse and caring for hospital patients for 20 years was an impostor. The health authority in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of eastern Quebec fired the woman this month from her position [...]