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AN ONTARIO early childhood
educator should not have been
suspended after a student slipped
away from her class, an arbitrator
has ruled.
The worker was a designated
early childhood educator (DECE)
for the Halton District School
Board in Ontario. She moved to
a new school to work in a kinder-
garten class for the 2016-17
school year and a close friend who
had worked with the class previ-
ously told her about a student
who had left the school on his
Deal signed
Employees at the University of
Toronto, Scarborough campus,
student union ratify new agreement
GOVERNMENT
City of Grande Prairie
Grande Prairie, Alta.
(650 municipal employees) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees
(CUPE), Local 787
Renewal agreement: Effective
Jan. 1, 2019 to Dec. 31, 2021.
Signed on Nov. 1, 2019.
Wage adjustments:
Effective Jan. 1, 2019: 1%
Effective Jan. 1, 2020: 2%
Effective Jan. 1, 2021: 1.5%
Shift premium: Employee will
be paid overtime rate if 48 hours
see Collective agreements > pg. 3 see Actions > pg.8
B.C. hotel not exempt from severance pay
for majority of furloughed staff members
A BRITISH COLUMBIA company's reduction in
business because of the pandemic didn't qualify for
an exemption to a legislative requirement to provide
laid-off employees with severance pay, an arbitrator
has ruled.
Burnaby Crescent is a company that operates
a full-service hotel with catering services, event
hosting and a restaurant. When the COVID-19
pandemic hit in March 2020, public health measures
were put into place by the B.C. government that
forced a significant reduction in business for
all branches of the hotel. Large gatherings were
prohibited and food and beverage services were
restricted to take-out only. Foreign nationals were
banned from entering Canada by aircraft and anyone
entering the country had to isolate for 14 days.
Although restrictions eased in the summer of
2020 as COVID-19 cases decreased and some work
June 7, 2021
see Less > pg.8
Lactalis Canada — Ontario pg. 4
Sodexo Canada — Alberta pg. 5
Flair Airlines — British Columbia pg. 5
City of Greater Sudbury — Ontario pg. 6
BY JEFFREY R. SMITH
BY JEFFREY R. SMITH
Photo:
stephanjungck
(iStock)
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ARBITRATION
AWARDS
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
pg. 2
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
Teacher suspension quashed
for student leaving classroom