Author: Miranda Grayson On October 22, 2021, the Supreme Court of Canada released its decision in Northern Regional Health Authority v Horrocks, 2021 SCC 42 [Horrocks]. The issue before the Court was whether a labour arbitrator had exclusive jurisdiction over an alleged infringement of The Human Rights Code in Manitoba (the “Code”), which arose from a unionized workplace. […]
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A recent Manitoba Court of Appeal decision focused on an employer’s duty to investigate prior to dismissing an employee for cause. In the decision of McCallum v. Saputo, 2021 MBCA 62 (“Saputo”), the Court reaffirmed that there is no inherent right to procedural fairness in a just cause termination, and neither is there a common […]
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Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, employers in Manitoba have been confronted with questions as to the amount of information they can share when an employee informs their employer that they have tested positive for the virus.Employers must be mindful that a COVID-19 diagnosis is private health information, and the individual employee’s privacy must […]
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At CPHR Manitoba, we are committed to building the strategic capability and organizational impact of HR practitioners and providing value to our members.To further support the Continued Professional Development needs of our growing population of Chartered Professionals in Human Resources (CPHRs), and in recognition of the quality of some of the HR professional development programs offered throughout […]
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