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August 21, 2017
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
City of Greater Sudbury
Greater Sudbury/Grand Sudbury, Ont.
(900 inside (office, clerical, technical, leisure programming, transit
operations, library, heritage, paramedical) workers) and the
Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Local 4705
Renewal agreement: Effec-
tive April 1, 2016, to March 31,
2019. Signed on April 7, 2017.
Wage adjustments:
Effective April 1, 2016: 1%
Effective April 1, 2017: 1.35%
Employer ordered to reinstate
employee despite years of absences
Woman suffered
from depression,
required accommodation
BY JEFFREY R. SMITH
A NEWFOUNDLAND and Labrador govern-
ment department must get updated medical infor-
mation and investigate accommodation options
after it dismissed a worker for excessive absentee-
ism over several years.
The worker was a client services officer in the
Department of Advanced Education and Skills
with the Newfoundland and Labrador provincial
government. Her job duties included work done
through email and telephone.
The worker came to management's attention
in 2008 due to a number of absences. The govern-
ment's integrated disability manager met with the
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ARBITRATION
AWARDS
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
see Depression > pg. 7
Nova Scotia worker required
to use paid holidays for day off
AFTER TAKING one day off
to attend a wedding, a worker
in a food packaging company in
Hantsport, N.S., was surprised to
find one of his holiday days was
used by the employer for the time
off.
Mike Shiers was a Leotech
operator at Canadian Keyes Fi-
bre (CKF) when he filled out a
request-for-leave form for July
18, 2015. He had arranged with
another worker, Patti Sanford, to
cover his shift on the specialized
see Arbitration > pg. 8 see Collective agreements > pg. 3
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
Canada Cartage System (Whitehorse) — Yukon pg. 3 Rykka Care Centre — Ontario
pg. 4 Canadian Oilsands Construction — Alberta pg. 5 British Columbia Rapid
Transit — British Columbia pg. 5
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
pg. 2
Fairmont deal ratified
After voting 97 per cent for
strike, workers at Fairmont Hotel
Vancouver approve new
three-year agreement
Newfoundland and Labrador oil worker fired for refusing drug test pg. 8
