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AN ALBERTA employer must
reinstate a worker who was fired
for sexual harassment and pay her
$20,000 in aggravated damages
after a flawed investigation with
no credible evidence of miscon-
duct, an arbitrator has ruled.
Vision Loss Rehabilitation Al-
berta (VLRA) is a provider of ser-
vices to blind and partially sight-
ed individuals. Jennifer Belyea
joined VLRA in 2017 in the roles
of orientation and mobility spe-
cialist and low vision specialist.
In the summer of 2019, VLRA
lost government funding and it had
to lay off 11 employees beginning
New deal
Metro employees in Montreal
ratify seven-year agreement that
includes wage hikes each year
GOVERNMENT
City of Nanaimo
Nanaimo, B.C.
(650 municipal employees) and the Canadian Union of Public
Employees (CUPE), Local 401
Renewal agreement: Effective
Jan. 1, 2019 to Dec. 31, 2022.
Wage adjustments:
Effective Jan. 1, 2019: 2%
Effective Jan. 1, 2020: 2%
Effective Jan. 1, 2021: 2%
Effective Jan. 1, 2022: 2%
Shift premium: Double time for
all time worked on exhumations
see Collective agreements > pg. 3 see Complaint> pg.8
Worker's firing for sexual harassment
upheld by Alberta arbitration board
AN ALBERTA health-care worker's dismissal
without progressive discipline was justified after the
worker sexually harassed two coworkers and failed
to acknowledge the seriousness of her misconduct,
an arbitration board has ruled.
The worker was a health-care aide for Alberta
Health Services (AHS) at a seniors' residence in
Brooks, Alta. since 2012.
AHS employees were covered by a collective
agreement that required just cause for discipline
and dismissal. AHS also had a workplace violence
policy that defined workplace violence as "any act in
which a person is abused, threatened, intimidated
or assaulted in his or her workplace" including non-
physical abuse or harassment.
One day during the week of April 8, 2019, the
worker walked up to a housekeeper, leaned over,
and grabbed the housekeeper between the legs in
the crotch area. When the housekeeper asked what
she was doing, the worker replied: "It's OK, it's just in
The University of Ontario Institute of Technology —
Ontario pg. 4 Sobeys Capital (Safeway Operations)
— Alberta pg. 4 Halifax International Airport Authority
— Nova Scotia pg.5 Terrazzo, Tile and Marble Guild of
Ontario —Ontario pg.7
March 8, 2021
see Aide's> pg. 8
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ARBITRATION
AWARDS
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
pg. 2
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
Specialist reinstated after
false harassment charge
