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AN ONTARIO arbitrator has
reinstated a worker with drug and
alcohol addictions who was fired
for violating a settlement agree-
ment from a previous termina-
tion.
The worker was employed with
Hydro One, an electricity trans-
mission and distribution utility
serving Ontario, since 2008. The
worker's position was a safety-
sensitive one and Hydro One had
policies requiring employees to
attend work without being im-
paired.
The worker was considered a
satisfactory employee for many
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After the Nova Scotia labour
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SOCIAL SERVICES
Ottawa-Carleton Lifeskills
Ottawa
(204 residential, support workers) and the Canadian Union of Public
Employees (CUPE), Local 3826
Renewal agreement: Effec-
tive April 1, 2020 to March 31,
2022. Ratified in February 2021.
Signed on Feb. 4, 2021.
Wage adjustments:
Effective April 1, 2020: 1%
Effective April 1, 2021: 0.6%
Paid holidays: 11 days.
Vacations with pay: 6.67 hours
see Collective agreements > pg. 3
Photo:
Osarieme
Eweka
(iStock)
see 'Perilously' > pg.7
Alberta arbitrator upholds termination
of bus driver who ate rice while driving
AN ALBERTA arbitrator has upheld the dismissal
of a Calgary bus driver who was caught eating from a
bowl while driving a bus.
The 52-year-old worker was hired by the City of
Calgary to work as a transit operator with Calgary
Transit in 2008. He worked as a "big bus" operator,
driving standard-sized transit buses.
The worker was subject to rules for transit opera-
tors that banned distracted driving, including eat-
ing and drinking while behind the wheel of a bus.
He also received the city's transit operator manual,
which stated that any violation of the rules could re-
sult in discipline up to and including termination.
In 2017, the worker was suspended for five days
after a physical altercation with a passenger. This
was the only active discipline on his record and was
in accordance with the city's progressive discipline
process — but steps could be skipped if the miscon-
duct was serious.
Shortly after 10 a.m. on Dec. 28, 2018, the city
May 3, 2021
see Previous> pg.7
Canadian Linen and Uniform Services — Alberta pg. 3
Kugaaruk Housing Authority — Nunavut pg. 4 Rivera Long
Term Care — Alberta pg.5 The Students' Union University of
Alberta — Alberta pg.7
Photo:
DaleBaxter
(iStock)
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Worker with addictions
reinstated with conditions
