Document Type
Arbitration Decision
Publication Date
7-29-1968
Keywords
Compensation, Employee Grievance, Unemployment Insurance, Recover, Deductible, Unjust Discharge
Abstract
Employee Grievance seeking compensation for loss of wages due to unjust discharge.
The broad issue before us is whether the company is liable to compensate the grievor for wages lost during the whole period of six weeks for which he was unemployed. The general principle, stated at the end of our award on the merits in this matter, is that the grievor must have taken all reasonable steps to minimize his loss. The company pressed the argument that not only the grievor but the union as well must have taken all reasonable steps to minimize the grievor's loss. This board is therefore faced not only with the issue of whether all reasonable steps were taken, but also with the issue of whether a failure by the union to take all reasonable steps to minimize the loss will affect the grievor's right to recover.
Recommended Citation
Re United Ass'n of Journeymen & Apprentices of the Plumbing & Pipefitting Industry and Fraser-Brace Engineering Co Ltd (1968), 19 LAC 312, 1968 CanLII 1198 (Can LA) (Arbitrators: Innis Christie, F Quaife, AA White).
