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A FORMER probationary em-
ployee at an Ontario hotel has
been awarded $20,000 by an ar-
bitrator after the hotel failed to
accommodate her following an
injury on just her fourth shift.
The Copper River Inn, a ho-
tel and conference centre in Fort
Frances, Ont., hired the worker in
April 2018 to be a part-time front-
desk employee. The worker was
subject to a 90-day probationary
period under the collective agree-
ment.
The hours varied depending on
staffing needs and ranged from
four to 32 hours per week, with 24
First contract
After weeks of "challenging"
talks, 40 workers at Toronto-
Mississauga Hilton Garden Inn
sign deal
CLOTHING RETAIL
Winners Merchants
Mississauga, Ont.
(2,100 retail employees) and Workers United Canada Council, Local 152
(SEIU)
Renewal agreement: Effective
Feb. 1, 2020 to Jan. 31, 2023.
Ratified in July 2020. Signed on
Aug. 10, 2020.
Wage adjustments:
Effective June 20, 2020: $0.30
per hour plus supplemental
based on service
Effective Dec. 21, 2020: $0.30
see Collective agreements > pg. 3 see Hotel> pg.8
see Paid > pg.8
Alberta worker entitled to holiday pay
during graduated return to work
AN ALBERTA healthcare worker is entitled to re-
ceive a paid day off after working on Labour Day,
even though she was working fewer hours due to a
graduated return-to-work program, an arbitrator
has ruled.
Alberta Health Services (AHS), Alberta's health
authority, had a collective agreement with the
Health Sciences Association of Alberta (HSAA) that
provided full-time employees with paid time off for
11 named holidays each year. To qualify for holiday
pay, an employee had to work their scheduled shifts
immediately before and after the holiday — or be ab-
sent for an approved reason such as a vacation — or
work on the holiday when required to do so.
If an employee had to work on a named holiday,
the collective agreement stipulated that they re-
ceived time and one-half for hours worked on the
holiday plus either one day's pay or an alternate day
off.
The agreement also stipulated that an employee
Calgary HGIHS — Alberta pg. 3 Canadian Centre for
Occupational Health and Safety — Ontario pg. 4
City of Revelstoke — British Columbia pg.5 Camrose
Women's Shelter — Alberta pg.6 Metropolitan Plumbing and
Heating Contractors Association — Ontario pg.7
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ARBITRATION
AWARDS
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
pg. 2
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
No room at Copper River Inn
for injured Ontario employee
