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FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES at
an Ontario hospital who had right
of first refusal for overtime do not
have that same right for working
shifts on paid holidays, an arbitra-
tor has ruled.
The Sinai Health System,
which operates Mt. Sinai Hospi-
tal in Toronto, has two collective
agreements with its full-time and
part-time employees, respectively.
Both agreements stipulate that
employees who are not covered
by the agreements should not per-
form "duties normally assigned to
those employees" in the bargain-
ing unit, except for in emergencies.
Strike ends
After brief walkout, about 100
workers at Belleville Casino in
Belleville, Ont. agree to tentative
contract
SENIOR LIVING
Revera Scenic Grande
Calgary
(60 health-care, kitchen, housekeeping employees) and the Canadian
Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Local 8
Renewal agreement: Effective
July 6, 2021 to Dec. 31, 2023.
Signed on July 6, 2021.
Wage adjustments:
Effective date of ratification: 2%
Effective Jan. 1, 2022: 2%
Effective Jan. 1, 2023: 2%
Shift premium: Effective Jan.
1, 2023: $1.50 per hour for all
see Collective agreements > pg. 3 see Ontario> pg.8
Nova Scotia worker ignores envelope containing
warning letters, breaches last-chance agreement
A NOVA SCOTIA worker's refusal to take an en-
velope containing warning letters was insubor-
dinate misconduct that breached his last-chance
agreement, an arbitrator has ruled.
Alton Donnelly was a crane operator for Irving
Equipment, a crane and heavy equipment rental
company based in Saint John, N.B. On Nov. 29,
2018, Irving terminated Donnelly's employment
for behaviour that the company considered "gross-
ly unsafe and inappropriate." The union reached a
settlement that substituted a six-month suspension
for the dismissal with a last-chance agreement.
During the two-year period of the last-chance
agreement — ending May 29, 2021 — Irving could
terminate Donnelly's employment for "any disci-
plinable misconduct."
On May 6, 2020, Donnelly forgot to fill out a field
level risk assessment before a job — one of the expec-
tations he had been given. Irving gave him a warn-
ing and said that termination had been considered
November 1, 2021
see Failure> pg.8
Mevotech — Ontario pg. 3 AECOM Maintenance
Contractors — Alberta pg. 4 Walls and Ceilings
Contractors Association of Ottawa— Ontario pg. 5
University of Alberta Non-Academic Staff
Association — Alberta pg. 5
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ARBITRATION
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COLLECTIVE
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COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
Right of first refusal for overtime
not same for holidays: arbitrator
