J. Talbott: eWorkLaw.caLabour Law(Untitled)- May 24, 2004 This Site's Imminent Demise I'm thinking of retiring from writing this blog. Does anyone out there feel strongly about keeping this blog up and running Let me know and I'll reconsider.http://eworklaw.labourrelations.org/categories/canadianLabourLaw/2004/05/24.html#a261 (Untitled)- May 17, 2004 Supreme Court Rules Arbitrators Have Power to Give Money and Not Reinstatement In a case all the legal publishers are touting as exciting, because it's a slow news month, the Supreme Court has reaffirmed old arbitral case law, which stated that arbitrators have the right to grant--in exceptional circumstances--a damages award (i.e. cash) to aggrieved union members rather than reinstate them to jobs they were wrongfully fired from. Here it is.http://eworklaw.labourrelations.org/categories/canadianLabourLaw/2004/05/16.html#a259 (Untitled)- May 17, 2004 Supreme Court of Canada Blows its Nose, Arbitrators Catch Cold The Supreme Court has changed its mind once again. In two recent cases, they have reviewed the decision of a labour arbitrator on the basis of "reasonableness" reducing the deference formerly paid to labour arbitrators under the "patent unreasonableness." Since no one really knows what the hell the difference is between the two concepts, this makes little difference in the real world. See this case. And this one.http://eworklaw.labourrelations.org/categories/canadianLabourLaw/2004/05/16.html#a258 (Untitled)- May 17, 2004 B.C. Court of Appeal Requires Employers to Accommodate Parents Altering the working conditions of a parent whose child has severe psychiatric difficulties, and requires parental care as a key component of their medical treatment, may be a violation of the family status guarantees under human rights laws, ruled the BC Court of Appeal in a recent decision, which may extend the obligations on employers to accommodate parental obligations. See Health Sciences Association of British Columbia v....http://eworklaw.labourrelations.org/categories/canadianLabourLaw/2004/05/16.html#a257 |