Tag: grievance arbitration

Can employer use subjective criteria to evaluate workers during probationary period?

By Paul Cote-Lepine Jul 24, 2016 Northern Exposure

Updated: Jul 24, 2016

by Paul Côté-Lépine There is sometimes uncertainty surrounding the proper scope of evaluation for a probationary employee. Is an employer limited to relying on neutral, objective criteria, or can the employer also consider subjective criteria? According to a Quebec arbitrator in Syndicat des cols bleus regroupés de Montréal (SCFP, section locale 301) c. Montréal (Ville […]

Zero tolerance for stalking on company time

By Chuck Harrison Aug 30, 2015 Northern Exposure

Updated: Aug 30, 2015

by Chuck Harrison A single incident of misconduct can still justify the termination of a unionized employee’s employment. So ruled a labor arbitrator in British Columbia recently. In Fortis Energy Inc., (February 16, 2015) the employee had engaged in an incident of stalking and intimidation of his wife’s supervisor. Compounding his offense, he did this […]

Blowing Holes in Collective Agreements

By Northern Exposure Oct 4, 2010 Northern Exposure

Updated: Oct 4, 2010

by Emilie Paquin-Holmested and Dominique Monet The Supreme Court of Canada, in Québec (Procureur général) c. Syndicat de la fonction publique, recently struck down a clause in a collective agreement. The clause in question prevented certain employees from challenging discipline through grievance arbitration. The Court declared the clause void because it contravened a statutory minimum […]