I was once asked if I would consider making a presentation to a conference on appropriate (and inappropriate) conduct by Hearing Tribunal members. I readily agreed to consider the request indicating that our Professional Regulatory Group provides one-day training workshops on how to run professional discipline hearings. I was then told that the conference didn’t have a day for the presentation but instead had only one hour available for the presentation. I was challenged to […]

A psychiatric nurse was terminated by his employer for having a sexual relationship with a patient. His union grieved the matter. His regulatory college, which had been notified by the employer of the termination, conducted a preliminary investigation but held disciplinary proceedings in abeyance until the outcome of the grievance arbitration.

The arbitrator upheld the dismissal on the basis that the sexual relationship was made out. Following the outcome of arbitration, the College resumed disciplinary […]