Category: Labour Law

The Alberta Court of Appeal has now ruled in Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 583 v. Calgary (City of), 2007 ABCA 121, that under the Albert legislative regime Labour Arbitrators and the human rights tribunal have a concurrent jurisdiction to review…

Can you test a prospective employee for drug use as a condition of employment? Well, yes and no. Take a look at these two cases, Alberta (Human Rights and Citizenship Commission) v. Kellogg Brown & Root (Canada) Company, 2006 ABQB…

A recent decision of the Ontario Court of Justice, IKO Industries Ltd. v. U.S.W.A., Local 8580, 2006 CarswellOnt 7541 (Ont. S.C.J., upheld an arbitrator's decision that finger scan technology was not acceptable in the workplace. Compare this to cases cited…

Randomn drug testing in the workplace is one of those issues that continues to provide employers, unions and employees a difficult roadmap to follow. Communications, Energy & Paperworkers Union of Canada, Local 900 v. Imperial Oil Ltd., a decison of…