February 19th, 2026
Balance between freedom of expression and employer management rights: TAT orders employer to pay $10,000 in punitive damages to union
1. BackgroundThe Syndicat des professionnelles en soins des Cantons-de-l’Est (FIQ) represents, among others, nurses and nursing assistants at the CHUS Maternity Ward – Fleurimont Hospital (the “Union”). For several months, it has been denouncing the employer’s intensive use of mandatory overtime…