2024 brought some interesting arbitration decisions addressing a wide range of workplace issues, from mandatory vaccination policies and employee privacy rights to workplace misconduct and the limits of arbitral jurisdiction. This article highlights a few we thought were worthy of mention.
Examining recent shifts, this article contrasts healthcare sector rulings on mandatory vaccinations, revealing a complex landscape of arbitrator opinions on discipline and termination for non-compliance.
We published over 50 posts in 2023 as part of our monthly newsletter covering what is new and exciting in labour and…
Earlier this year, Arbitrator Robert Herman issued a seminal decision which considered whether Lakeridge Health could terminate health care workers who refused…
The Court of Appeal’s decision in Pham v. Qualified Metal Fabricators Ltd., confirms that an employee who has seemingly acquiesced to a…
On April 26, 2023, Arbitrator Robert Herman issued his much-anticipated decision regarding mandatory vaccinations and hospital employees. This is the first Ontario…
We haven’t published an update regarding vaccine mandates since December of 2022 as the trend of upholding mandatory vaccination policies by labour…
As we near the end of 2022, vaccine mandate cases continue to evolve with the ever-changing pandemic. In this article, we provide…
2022 has been a whirlwind of a year. Between constitutional challenges, COVID-19 cases rising, falling, and rising again, and new laws coming…
Since our last update, two new arbitration decisions and one court decision from British Columbia have been released. The arbitration cases address…
In our July 2022, Vaccine Mandate Update, we wrote about the decision of Arbitrator Marilyn Nairn in FCA Canada Inc. v. Unifor,…
In past updates, we have reported on the arbitration, court and Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB) cases that have considered mandatory vaccination…
