Mounted Police Association of Ontario v. Canada (Attorney General), 2015 SCC 1
Telus Communications Inc v Telecommunications Workers' Union (Employees Working as Volunteers), 2014 CanLII 52600 (Hornung)
Earls Industries Ltd. and Marine Workers and Boilermakers Industrial Union, Local 1 (Glass)
The employer claimed that the grievor had quit his employment after they refused to provide him with a vacation day. He walked out of the shop and took his tools with him. The arbitrator agreed that the grievor had not quit. It was noted that an employee must take both objective steps to quit his employment and have a subjective intention to do so. The circumstances, despite the grievor taking his tools and leaving, did not satisfy that test. He was reinstated with full compensation.
Kirk v. Burnaby (City), 2014 BCSC 155
Lehigh Cement v International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Local D277, 2013 CanLII 90641 (Somjen)
The company combined the duties of two classifications into a single job. The union claimed that a wage rate was required as a result. The arbitrator agreed and ordered that the wage be increased.
Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner) v. United Food and Commercial Workers, Local 401, 2013 SCC 62
Board of Education of School District No. 39 and IUOE, Local 963 (Azul)
In this case the employer wished to change a decades old practice of how it posted and filled head custodian positions. It claimed that its practice was based on a misreading of the collective agreement.
The arbitrator disagreed and noted that the employer's position did a disservice to all of the employer and union reps who had preceded them. It was ordered that the positions be reposted and given to those who should have received them, with full compensation.