'Employers need to exercise discretion to either grant or refuse unpaid leave of absence carefully'
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An Alberta employer had reasonable cause to terminate a worker who was sentenced to jail for a criminal offence, an arbitration panel has ruled.
'Employers need to exercise discretion to either grant or refuse unpaid leave of absence carefully'
An Alberta employer had reasonable cause to terminate a worker who was sentenced to jail for a criminal offence, an arbitration panel has ruled.