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see Collective agreements > pg. 3
Smelter employee fi red again after dismissal pg. 6
Chartwell Seniors Housing pg. 3 Autocars Orléans Express pg. 3
Les Aliments Parmalat pg. 3 1641-9749 Quebec pg. 4
Can-Am Pipe Works pg. 4 Ville de Quebec pg. 5 City of Yellowknife pg. 5
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pg. 2
Saskatchewan fixes essential services law
Amendments come after top court found unconstitutional practices
BY SABRINA NANJI
AFTER ITS ESSENTIAL services laws were
struck down as unconstitutional by the coun-
try's top court earlier this year, the govern-
ment of Saskatchewan has now come up with
the modified legislation.
Bill 183, otherwise known as the Sas-
katchewan Employment (Essential Services)
Amendment Act, was introduced in the pro-
vincial legislature on Oct. 15 following a di-
rective from the Supreme Court of Canada,
which shot down previous practice as uncon-
stitutional in January after a legal challenge
from organized labour.
As part of the changes — the result of con-
sultations with public sector employers and
unions — the definition of "essential services"
will be removed and an independent third-
party tribunal will be established to settle any
conflict. Previously, the government made
the final call as to whether a service should be
considered "essential."
Not all injuries equal under
Ontario nurses' disability plan
A NORTHERN Ontario hospital
network did not breach contract
when it denied a nurse sick pay
benefits despite the union's pro-
test, an arbitrator has decided.
The Ontario Nurses' Asso-
ciation (ONA) filed a grievance
against MICs Group of Health
Services — a hospital network in
northern Ontario — after J. May-
er, a nurse, was denied short term
disability pay for a shift worked in
June 2015.
The particular clause in the col-
CONSTRUCTION
Upper Canada Glass
Richmond Hill, Ont.
(10 employees) and the Christian Labour Association of
Canada (CLAC) Construction Workers Local 52
Renewal agreement: Effec-
tive April 1, 2015, to March 31,
2016. Signed on June 17, 2015.
Paid holidays: 9 days. Fam-
ily Day is an unpaid holiday.
Time and one-half for all hours
worked on a named holiday.
Vacations with pay: 3 weeks
The Supreme Court gave Saskatchewan one year to rework its essential services laws.
Transit unions appeal
essential services law
Forbidding TTC to strike is
unconstitutional:
ATU, CUPE
see Arbitration > pg. 6
see Changes > pg. 7
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