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Smell of marijuana enough
to suspect use by employee at work
Unifor argued there wasn't
evidence to prove worker
smoked it at work
BY JEFFREY R. SMITH
AN ALBERTA employer had grounds to suspend a
worker for smoking marijuana at work based on three
managers smelling it on the worker, an arbitrator has
ruled.
The worker was a production line employee for La-
batt Brewery at its Edmonton location. On March 25,
2015, he reported for work as usual for the start of his
shift at 6 a.m. About 30 minutes after the start of his
shift, the worker went to the "skybox," a control tower
with large windows that overlooked the production
line. He entered the skybox and asked the front-line
manager, who was inside alone, for a pen to complete a
June 13, 2016
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
Saskatchewan employee fired for alleged theft pg. 6
Sentinel Airport Logistics (Castlegar Airport) — British Columbia pg. 3
Victorian Order of Nurses —Ontario pg. 4 3M Canada — Ontario pg. 4
Imperial Parking — Ontario pg. 5 Garda Security — Manitoba pg. 5
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
Photo:
Leonhard
Foeger
(Reuters)
pg. 2
Sunwing pilots ratify
collective agreement
Contract exceeds parity with
other pilots groups in
the industry: Union
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
see Labatt > pg. 7
see Collective agreements > pg. 3 see Arbitration > pg 6
Ontario nurse loses place
in pay scale after changing
classification
MICHELLE DAVIS was hired by
the Regional Municipality of York
as a casual employee in the regis-
tered nurse classification.
Because of her previous expe-
rience as a nurse, she was placed
at the top pay rate for the clas-
sification. In the fall of 2012,
about a year after she was hired,
Davis successfully applied for a
HEALTH CARE
HCN (operating as
Chateau Renoir)
Calgary
(Residence employees) and the Canadian Union
of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 8
Renewal agreement: Effective
May 1, 2014, to April 30, 2017.
Shift premium: $1.25 per hour
for afternoon shift (previously
After an investigation, a Labatt employee was suspended for three days after
managers suspected he had been smoking marijuana at work.
