The arbitrator in the case deemed it unfair to saddle the employer with the consequences of the union's inaction, at least until the end of the collective agreement and ruled that the union was estopped, or barred, from raising the issue or asserting
its rights under the collective agreement at least until the expiry of the current collective agreement.
Ultimately, the Court found that «random alcohol testing was... held to be an unreasonable exercise of management
rights under the collective agreement».
This case turned on the scope of management
rights under a collective agreement, especially in view of the fact that the policy was unilaterally imposed.
However, if an agreement is subject to statutory regulations which are modified or repealed then employees»
rights under the collective agreement may be adversely affected.
Arbitrator reinstates grievor whose job was eliminated and the work contracted out after he sought to exercise
rights under the collective agreement.
Not exact matches
118.42 (5) Nothing in this section alters or otherwise affects the
rights or remedies afforded school districts and school district employees
under federal or state law or
under the terms of any applicable
collective bargaining
agreement.
... The problem raised by attempts to escape the contract tribunal so as to seek enforcement in the courts of
rights arising
under a
collective agreement negotiated within the framework of a
collective bargaining regime, solely on the grounds that the
agreement does not explicitly address the jurisdictional question, is an equally profound difficulty.
For over thirty years, Mr. Miklave has represented employers and management in all areas of employment, civil
rights, and traditional labor law, including issues arising
under federal and state anti-discrimination and anti-retaliation statutes; non-compete
agreements and other post-employment restrictions; wage and hour investigations and litigation; multi-employer pension plan withdrawal liability and administration;
collective - bargaining negotiations, administration and enforcement proceedings; corporate restructurings, reorganizations and plant closings; and employment practices and policies.
Defeated union's challenge to company's
right to limit the bidding
rights of bargaining unit employees to certain shifts
under the parties»
collective bargaining
agreement.
Harassment, as a civil wrong, had developed within the administrative structure of human
rights tribunals and grievance processes
under collective agreements but there was no generally recognized common law «tort» of harassment.
The Court held that the Board further erred by attributing human
rights protection to all family - related leave permitted
under the
collective agreement, contrary to the Federal Court's earlier identification of the following four factors to establish discrimination on the basis of family status related to family responsibilities:
Because the
collective agreement contained a provision that it could not be used to restrict any of the lawyers» constitutional
rights, the PSLREB then considered the Association's argument that the standby duty directive, issued under the Management Rights clause, violated section 7 of the Ch
rights, the PSLREB then considered the Association's argument that the standby duty directive, issued
under the Management
Rights clause, violated section 7 of the Ch
Rights clause, violated section 7 of the Charter.
It first considered whether the standby duty directive was a reasonable exercise of the Employer's discretion
under the Management
Rights clause of the
collective agreement in light of its effect on the lawyers» personal lives and the Employer's business objectives.
The legal obligations imposed
under OHS, human
rights and employment standards laws are incorporated into every
collective agreement, whether or not the
agreement expressly says so.
This action was permitted
under the Appellant's management
rights powers in the
collective agreement.
In McGill, supra note 129, the Supreme Court of Canada stated at para. 20, «[s] ince the
right to equality is a fundamental
right, the parties to a
collective agreement can not agree to a level of protection that is lower than the one to which employees are entitled
under human
rights legislation...»
[247] Some labour arbitrators in Ontario have considered a breach of a
collective agreement as a factor in assessing undue hardship: see, for example, Chatham - Kent Children's Services v. Ontario Public Service Employees» Union, Local 148 (Bowen Grievance), [2014] O.L.A.A. No. 424 (note, however, that the arbitrator in this case relied on Renaud, supra note 208, a case that arose
under British Columbia's Human
Rights Act, S.B.C. 1984, which did not enumerate specific factors for assessing undue hardship, as the Ontario Human
Rights Code does).
However, the
collective agreement cites obligations
under the Ontario Human
Rights Code and accounts for situations where accommodating employees with disabilities may override other provisions of the
collective agreement.
This includes charges before the EEOC and state fair employment practice agencies; wrongful termination, discharge, employment discrimination, wage / hour, wrongful discharge and breach of contract claims in federal and state courts; prosecuting and defending claims for enforcement of non-competition
agreements and trade secret
rights; and arbitrations
under employment and
collective bargaining
agreements.
Moreover, the Court of Appeal held that the quasi-constitutional
right to accommodation in the workplace, pertaining to an enumerated ground of discrimination
under section 10 of the Charter, such as a disability, constitutes a preeminent standard that transcends the law, employment contracts and
collective agreements.
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agreement or otherwise.
Further,
under the Act, if a
collective agreement or employment contract provides a «greater
right or benefit» than the Act, that
agreement or contract will prevail.