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January 23, 2017
Jailed employee didn't abandon
laboratory position: Adjudicator
BY JEFFREY R. SMITH
A NEW BRUNSWICK employer has been ordered
to reinstate an employee it fired for abandonment
of position after the employee was sent to jail for six
months without notifying it.
Paul Lynch worked for Horizon Health Network at
the regional laboratory at the Doctor Everett Chalm-
ers Hospital in Fredericton. He was hired in 2004 and
his job duties involved cleaning and sanitizing the
labratory and protecting medical samples from con-
tamination.
Lynch had two instances of discipline on his record
— a written reprimand for having alcohol in his pos-
session in the workplace, and a four-day suspension
for misusing sick leave.
On Nov. 11, 2015, Lunch hit and damaged a road
sign while driving his vehicle and left the scene. Alco-
hol was a factor in the accident. The next day, police
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
Guild Electric — Ontario pg. 3 The Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise — Alberta
pg. 4 Government of Prince Edward Island — Prince Edward Island pg. 4
Saint John Construction Association — New Brunswick pg. 6 Regina School
Division No. 4 — Saskatchewan pg. 6
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
Photo:
nikamo
(Shutterstock)
pg. 2
Molson Coors strike
Toronto brewery workers
walk off the job after months
of failed collective
bargaining talks
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
see Employer > pg. 7
HOSPITALITY
Delta Beausejour
Moncton, N.B.
(80 hotel employees) and Unifor, Local 4517
Renewal agreement: Effective
Jan. 1, 2016, to Dec. 31, 2018.
Signed on Aug. 15, 2016.
Wage adjustments:
Effective Jan. 1, 2016: $0.38
Effective Jan. 1, 2017: 2.4%
Effective Jan. 1, 2018: 2.4%
Shift premium: $0.50 per hour
for working a split shift. $0.75
per hour for training another
see Collective agreements > pg. 3 see Arbitration > pg 6
Ex-wrestler frightens
rec centre co-workers
A FORMER pro-wrestler —
whose career was cut short due
to contacting hepatitis C during a
match — was terminated from his
job as a part-time gym attendant
after violently yelling at another
worker inside a recreation centre.
Devon Nicholson went on sick
leave from his job in December
2012. More than a year later, on
March 28, 2013, he went to the
Ray Friel Recreation Complex in
Ottawa. Before he went inside,
Nicholson sat for 30 minutes
Museum curator bumps colleague after job declared redundant pg. 8
