Supreme Court sides with federal lawyers to end unpaid mandatory on-call duty

In a 7-2 decision, it said the practice violated the lawyers' contract because it wasn't a reasonable exercise of management’s rights.

The Supreme Court of Canada on Nov. 3 ruled in favour of the Association of Justice Counsel, saying it was unfair for the government to impose a mandatory unpaid on-call duty on federal Quebec-based immigration lawyers. The Hill Times file photograph

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BY EMILY HAWS

November 8, 2017

The Supreme Court of Canada ruled in favour of federal immigration lawyers on Nov. 3, saying the mandatory unpaid on-call duty Justice Canada imposed on them violated their collective agreement. Ending a seven-year court battle,...

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