Canadian Labour Reporter

March 2, 2020

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PM #40065782 March 2, 2020 Labour Reporter Canadian www.labour-reporter.com Windsor, Ont. nurse deserved censure but not outright dismissal: arbitrator AN ONTARIO nurse deserved discipline for giving three new nurses a rough ride during their orientation but termination was excessive, ruled an arbitrator. Joseph Diegues started working as a registered nurse at Hotel-Dieu Grace Hospital in Windsor, Ont. in 2011. He worked discipline-free for more than seven years at the hospital. In the fall of 2018, Diegues helped out with the orientation of new nurses at the hospital. The ori- entation involved having a nurse job-shadow him for a day and learn the ropes. While a new nurse was shadowing him on Sept. 17, Diegues told her to leave medication un- attended in a basket, which was a breach of hospi- tal policy. Later that day, he asked her if she had a boyfriend and, when she replied in the negative, he asked her if she had dated anyone before. He also asked about other personal details such as her university, her religious background and her Deal signed 150 Agropur Dairy employees ratify new collective agreement Too many absences overrules seniority for Halifax Infirmary job posting A NOVA SCOTIA health care worker lost her bid for another position to someone with less seniority because the worker was on an attendance management program. Melissa Hart was a pharmacy assistant/technician for the Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA) at the Halifax Infirmary. She was initially hired in 2010 on a casual basis and then she was moved to a full-time position in 2014. In 2013, Hart's mother passed away and she took it hard. She felt that managers and colleagues at ENGINE PARTS AND SERVICE Cummins Canada Calgary (44 mechanics, technicians, parts persons, drivers) and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), Local 1722. Renewal agreement: Effective June 1, 2018 to May 31, 2023. Ratified on Dec. 20, 2018. Signed on Dec. 20, 2018. Wage adjustments: Effective June 1, 2018: 0% Effective June 1, 2019: 1% Effective June 1, 2020: 2% ARBITRATION AWARDS COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS see Collective agreements > pg. 3 pg. 2 Windsor Grain Terminal — Ontario pg. 4 Vision Loss Rehabilitation Alberta — Alberta pg. 4 Doepker Industries –Saskatchewan pg. 5 VHA Home Healthcare — Ontario pg. 6 COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS Photo: Pacific West Cable see Nova Scotia > pg. 7 see Inappropriate > pg. 7 Call : 1-888-858-7838 Email: irc@queensu.ca Website: irc.queensu.ca Learn more: Your workplace is changing, are you? Change Management: Apr. 28-30, 2020: Calgary Workplace Restoration: May 12-14, 2020: Toronto MAR/APR 2020.qxp_Layout 1 2020-02-18 11:07 AM Page 1

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