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Last week the Supreme Court of Canada granted leave to appeal
the Federal Court of Appeal's decision in Wilson v. Atomic Energy of
Canada Limited that upheld an earlier
ruling that a federally regulated employer could
dismiss a non-unionized employee without cause pursuant to the
Canada Labour Code. As
is the practice in leave applications, the SCC provided no
reasons.
We will continue to monitor progress of the case.
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