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February 20, 2017
Worker theft allegation unproven
Not fair to pin missing Winnipeg school trip funds on secretary: Arbitrator
BY JEFFREY R. SMITH
A MANITOBA employer didn't have sufficient proof
to justify firing an employee for theft of money that
went missing under her care, an arbitrator has ruled.
Christine Dwyer was head secretary at a small Win-
nipeg school under the administration of the Winni-
peg School Division. Her duties included a number of
administrative tasks in the school office. She had some
difficulties in her position at first, but she kept meticu-
lous notes and worked with her boss, the district busi-
ness administrator, to improve.
At the beginning of the school year, the school col-
lects student fees for field trips and supplies. An edu-
cational assistant and a teacher collect the money in
the gymnasium before the start of classes and take it to
the office, where the head secretary checks the names
off of a list and counts the money. The list is then used
to create class lists for each teacher which indicate
which students have paid.
After the first day, teachers collect outstanding
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
City of Yellowknife — Northwest Territories pg. 3 Active Canada — Quebec
pg. 4 Canadian Forces Base Suffield — Alberta pg. 5 Swissport Canada
Fuel Services — Quebec pg. 5 Red Deer College — Alberta pg. 6
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
Photo:
Mattia
Menestrina
(Shutterstock)
pg. 2
Distillery workers agree
Black Velvet employees ratify
new contract that includes
pension increases in
each year of deal
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
see School > pg. 7
TOURISM
Canada Lands
Toronto
(240 restaurant employees) and Unifor, Local 4271
Renewal agreement: Effective
June 1, 2016, to May 31, 2019.
Signed on June 10, 2016.
Wage adjustments:
Effective June 1, 2017: 2%
Effective June 1, 2018: 2%
Paid holidays: 10 days plus 2
floater days.
Vacations with pay: 1 day
per month, maximum 10 days
see Collective agreements > pg. 3
B.C. bartender terminated
after refusing to serve patron
WHEN A female patron was de-
nied service at a British Columbia
veterans' club, the bartender who
supported the server's decision
was ordered to go home after say-
ing no to the club president.
Andrew MacDonald was later
dismissed after the Army, Navy
and Airforce Veterans in Canada
(ANAVETS), Steveston Unit No.
284 in Richmond, B.C., executive
met to discuss the incident which
took place March 25, 2016.
Before she left for a vacation on
After she was found to be stealing Percocets, Tylenol 3s, RN fired pg. 8
see Arbitration > pg 8
