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JUST CAUSE 9/3/2010
Moosehead had reinstated alcoholic employee under specific conditions but smoking marijuana wasn’t allowed
WRONGFUL DISMISSAL 9/1/2010
Employees revoked their resignations to cash in on severance packages from mill closing
LABOUR RELATIONS 8/26/2010
Arbitrator found employees contributed to unhappy workplace and told them to seek forgiveness
SUSPENSIONS 8/20/2010
Incident at school between principal and teacher a ‘labour issue’: lawyer
HEALTH AND SAFETY 8/17/2010
Health and safety investigation leads to 61 charges against companies and directors, supervisor; injured worker and estate of killed worker file lawsuits
Desire to see “world’s smallest porn star” perform outweighed department policy for officer
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Worker received little support from management after harassment by co-workers
Driver applied to competitor during suspension but was let go when original employer provided information to the new one
Border agency believed having children was a choice that didn’t require accommodation; employee gets $35,000 plus lost pay and benefits
 
The law requires employers must accommodate employees to the point of "undue hardship," but what does this mean?
In this Jan. 14, 2009, article, employment lawyer Catherine Milne discusses some cases that help define the limits of undue hardship.
3 notable cases in 2008 helped redefine the test for what constitutes ‘undue hardship’ when accommodating employees with disabilities