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A NEW Brunswick deputy sher-
iff who was fired after punching
someone has been reinstated by
an adjudicator.
The 39-year-old worker was a
deputy sheriff for the New Bruns-
wick Department of Public Secu-
rity (DPS). The DPS has a code of
conduct for its employees that in-
cludes a requirement to notify the
regional sheriff within 24 hours
"if they had been questioned or
charged by the police in relations
to their involvement in criminal
activity." Generally, any employees
First timers
Tim Horton's workers in
downtown Toronto unionize
after joining UFCW
GOVERNMENT
Canada Revenue Agency
Ottawa
(7,538 audit, financial, and scientific employees) and the Professional
Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC)
Renewal agreement: Effective
Dec. 22, 2018 to Dec. 21, 2022.
Ratified in August 2019. Signed
on Aug. 23, 2019.
Wage adjustments:
Effective Dec. 22, 2018: 2.8%
Effective Dec. 22, 2019: 2.2%
Effective Dec. 22, 2020: 1.5%
Effective Dec. 22, 2021: 1.5%
see Collective agreements > pg. 3
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see Charges> pg. 7
see Training > pg.8
Worker fired during probation
not given mentoring or coaching
Calgary Quest Children's Society — Alberta pg. 3 City of
Kelowna — British Columbia pg. 4 Metro Ontario —
Ontario pg.6 Health Sciences Association of Alberta —
Alberta pg.6
A NOVA Scotia arbitrator has reinstated a worker
fired during her probation because she received in-
sufficient training and supervision.
The Halifax Regional Municipality hired the
worker in 2018 to be an assistant building official
(ABO) in its planning and development business
unit. ABOs shadow building officials (BOs) and
learn how to conduct inspections of residential
and commercial properties, eventually performing
them under the mentorship of BOs. If things go well,
ABOs can conduct certain inspections on their own.
The core competencies for ABOs are conflict man-
agement, communication, stress management and
teamwork.
The worker was subject to a six-month proba-
tionary period. The collective agreement stipulated
that during the probationary period, "the employee
may be dismissed if the employee has not performed
to the work standards established by the employer."
It also had a clause stating that "the employer shall
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ARBITRATION
AWARDS
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
pg. 2
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
Punch-drunk assault
not just cause for dismissal
