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A DRESS code requiring Ontario
nurses to purchase their scrubs
from a common supplier at set
prices was reasonable, an arbitra-
tor has ruled.
Cornwall Community Hospital
is a 156-bed hospital in Cornwall,
Ont. The collective agreement with
the Ontario Nurses' Association
(ONA) didn't include a uniform
allowance but the hospital had a
dress code in effect since 2005.
The dress code required all
clinical staff — including regis-
tered nurses — to wear scrubs
Phoenix settlement
140,000 federal civil servants
set to earn enhanced deal as
compensation for damages
AN ALBERTA company failed to meet its duty to
accommodate when it dismissed a worker's medical
restrictions as "unworkable" with its client's needs,
according to an arbitrator.
First Canada operates a bus service shuttling oil
sands and construction workers between worksites
and residential camps near Fort McMurray, Alta.
First Canada hired Michael Bartlett, 72, in 2012 to
be a bus driver.
On July 4, 2013, Bartlett went on medical leave
with a disability related to a viral infection contract-
ed 30 years earlier that had caused inner ear damage
and symptoms such as dizziness, lightheadedness
and blurry vision.
Bartlett returned to work in 2014 with no restric-
tions. However, he felt that fatigue would bring
back his symptoms. He requested assignments that
reduced the risk of fatigue, but this was difficult as
First Canada was facing many customer demands.
First Canada assigned Bartlett a split shift, but
POWER STATION
CNOOC Petroleum
Rocky View County, Alta.
(11 operators, craftsmen) and Unifor, Local 1400
Renewal agreement: Effec-
tive Feb. 1, 2019 to Jan. 31,
2023. Ratified on Nov. 19, 2019.
Signed on Nov. 20, 2019.
Shift premium: Double time
for employee who works on
shift different from regularly
assigned shift and starting and
stopping times are altered
by 4 hours or more, for first
12 hours worked under new
see Collective agreements > pg. 3
Photo:
Kyryl
Gorlov
(iStock)
see Hospital> pg. 8
see Bus> pg.8
Alberta company decides that
accommodation of worker impossible
Photo:
Vladone
(iStock)
University of British Columbia (Okanagan Campus)
— British Columbia pg. 3 Capital Region Housing —
Alberta pg. 4 Toronto and Area Road Builders
Association — Toronto pg.5 Town of Peace River —
Alberta pg. 6 UTIL Canada — Ontario pg. 7
July 20, 2020
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ARBITRATION
AWARDS
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
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COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
ONA challenge to dress code
scrubbed by arbitrator
