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.