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A BRITISH Columbia worker
who was fired for repeated tardi-
ness and who seemed uninter-
ested in improving has been given
another, albeit tenuous, chance by
an arbitrator.
The 52-year-old worker was
hired in 1990 by BC Tel, a tele-
communications company in
B.C., which later became Telus
Communications. She was a client
care representative, taking tele-
phone calls from clients. While
working, she could set her status
to either "ready" to take the next
New deal signed
Workers at Carpenter Canada
in Woodbridge, Ont. agree to
three-year contract
RETAIL GASOLINE
Sobeys Capital (Gas Bars)
Calgary
(264 service technicians, team coordinators) and the United Food and
Commercial Workers Canada (UFCW), Local 401
Renewal agreement: Effec-
tive Sept. 9, 2018 to Sept. 3,
2022. Ratified on Sept. 30,
2019. Signed on Sept. 30,
2019.
Shift premium: $0.50 per
hour for all hours to employee
appointed as person-in-
charge on shift (for more than
2 hours) when fuel-station
operator or team coordinator
see Collective agreements > pg. 3 see Long> pg. 8
see Ontario> pg.8
Note from wife reasonable evidence
for allowing family emergency leave
Ontario Association of Demolition Contractors — Ontario
pg. 3 City of Port Alberni — British Columbia pg. 4
Prairie Land Regional Division #25 — Alberta pg.5 York
Region Children's Aid Society — Ontario pg. 7
AN ONTARIO employer did not have just cause
to discipline or deny holiday pay to an employee for
taking a day off before a holiday to care for a family
illness, an arbitrator has ruled.
Jeff Garland was a machine operator hired in
2018 by SAF-Holland Canada, a made-to-order
manufacturer of commercial vehicle parts in
Woodstock, Ont.
SAF-Holland had issues in the past with employ-
ees taking unplanned absences adjacent to vacation
days and holidays, so it usually required reasonable
evidence supporting unplanned absences such as
doctor's notes or other documents.
The collective agreement contained a provision
that said: "An employee who is absent from work on
either of the qualifying days [the last scheduled day
before a public holiday and the first scheduled day
after] will receive holiday pay provided he gives a
reason satisfactory to the company for his absence."
Garland had no attendance issues over his first
August 10, 2020
Call : 1-888-858-7838
Email: irc@queensu.ca
Website: irc.queensu.ca
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Chronically late employee
given yet another chance
