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A FEDERAL arbitrator has up-
held the dismissal of a Canada
Post worker who didn't show up
after a three-month leave.
Aislin Gillis was a relief letter
carrier for Canada Post in Char-
lottetown. She usually worked
through breaks and lunch hours
so she could pick up her two
young children from daycare at
the end of the day.
In February 2016, Gillis re-
quested an unpaid leave because
she felt she had "no work-life bal-
ance." Canada Post believed she
AUPE challenge
Union says new infrastructure
law unconstitutional and
'violates the rights of
Albertans'
AN ALBERTA hospital was entitled to transfer a
nurse to a different unit where her disability could
be more easily accommodated, an arbitration board
has ruled.
Katy Lorenzen was a registered nurse (RN) in the
pediatric medicine department — in a unit desig-
nated as 4E4 — at Edmonton's Stollery Children's
Hospital. In October 2014, she moved to a perma-
nent position in the unit. In March 2017, she re-
quested accommodation for a medical condition
that involved part-time duties with no overnight
shifts, providing medical information from her
physician that supported her request.
The hospital agreed to accommodate Lorenzen
on a temporary basis. It assigned her to a combina-
tion of 12- and eight-hour shifts to keep her work-
ing days while maintaining a demanding shift ro-
tation required by the unit — there was a higher
nurse-to-patient ratio due to the needs of its pa-
tients. Lorenzen's accommodated position was
YOUTH SERVICES
YSB of Ottawa
Ottawa
(200 social services workers) and the Canadian Union of Public
Employees, Local 2195
Renewal agreement: Effec-
tive April 1, 2019 to March 31,
2022. Ratified in May 2019.
Signed on Aug. 19, 2019.
Wage adjustments:
Effective April 1, 2019: 2.5%
Effective April 1, 2020: 2.5%
Effective April 1, 2021: 2.5%
Shift premium: $0.50 per hour
see Collective agreements > pg. 3 see P.E.I.> pg. 8
see Transfer> pg.8
Accommodating nurse not needed
if easier option already available
Photo:
BrendanHunter
(iStock)
Jack Cooper Transport Canada — Quebec pg. 3
Kiewit Energy Construction — Alberta pg. 4 Safran
Landing Systems Canada — Ontario / Devonshire
Care Centre — Alberta pg.5
Snowcrest Foods — British Columbia pg. 6
July 6, 2020
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Email: irc@queensu.ca
Website: irc.queensu.ca
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AGREEMENTS
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AGREEMENTS
Postal worker terminated
after not returning from leave
