{"id":51257,"date":"2026-04-22T10:55:43","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T14:55:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.millerthomson.com\/?post_type=deals-cases&#038;p=51257"},"modified":"2026-06-02T11:49:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T15:49:23","slug":"arbitration-award-dismisses-grievances-in-bethany-care-society-accommodation-dispute","status":"publish","type":"deals-cases","link":"https:\/\/www.millerthomson.com\/en\/deals-cases\/arbitration-award-dismisses-grievances-in-bethany-care-society-accommodation-dispute\/","title":{"rendered":"Arbitration Award Dismisses Grievances in Bethany Care Society Accommodation Dispute"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Alberta Grievance Arbitration Award in <em>Alberta Union of Provincial Employees, Local 048, Chapter 002 v Bethany Care Society<\/em> dismissed three grievances and related human rights complaints arising from the Employer\u2019s efforts to accommodate a unionized health care aide at a long-term care facility. The case considered whether the Employer met its duty to accommodate the Grievor\u2019s degenerative physical disability over a multi-year period characterized by evolving restrictions, fluctuating abilities, and repeated reassessment of suitable work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The arbitration involved allegations of failure to accommodate, procedural deficiencies, and retaliation. The Employer implemented a range of measures, including modified duties, reduced hours, medical leaves, and consideration of alternative roles. The Grievor was at times unable to sustain modified work and remained on a long-term leave of absence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Arbitrator dismissed all three grievances and the retaliation allegations, finding that the Employer met its duty to accommodate in each period and reached undue hardship where restrictions prevented the safe performance of core duties or required fundamentally altering the role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Miller Thomson acted for Bethany Care Society with a team comprised of Jill Wilkie, Shayla Klein and Ashley Hamza (Labour &amp; Employment).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":125,"template":"","class_list":["post-51257","deals-cases","type-deals-cases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Arbitration Award Dismisses Grievances in Bethany Care Society Accommodation Dispute | Miller Thomson<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.millerthomson.com\/en\/deals-cases\/arbitration-award-dismisses-grievances-in-bethany-care-society-accommodation-dispute\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Arbitration Award Dismisses Grievances in Bethany Care Society Accommodation Dispute | Miller Thomson\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Alberta Grievance Arbitration Award in Alberta Union of Provincial Employees, Local 048, Chapter 002 v Bethany Care Society dismissed three grievances and related human rights complaints arising from the Employer\u2019s efforts to accommodate a unionized health care aide at a long-term care facility. 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