Arbitrators usually have sole jurisdiction over human rights complaints in unionized workplaces: SCC

By Cristin Schmitz ( October 22, 2021, 4:39 PM EDT) -- The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that labour arbitrators have exclusive jurisdiction over unionized workers’ complaints of human rights violations in the workplace — unless there is “clearly expressed legislative intent to the contrary,” i.e. legislators clearly gave human rights adjudicators concurrent jurisdiction....