'It's important for an employer to ensure that the employee who is laid off is well informed as to exactly what's going on'
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The Manitoba Labour Relations Board has dismissed a worker’s complaint that she was improperly terminated while on a job-protected leave – but the entire matter probably could have been avoided with better communication from the employer, according to Mark Alward, an employment lawyer at Taylor McCaffrey in Winnipeg.