When Last Chance Truly Means Last Chance: Arbitrator Upholds Termination Over Unauthorized Absence

In United Food and Commercial Workers Union, Local 175 & 633 v Cargill Limited (Dunlop), Arbitrator John Martelli upheld the termination of an employee who breached a Last Chance Agreement (LCA) by failing to provide timely medical documentation. The arbitrator found the employee’s single-day absence constituted both an unauthorized absence under the LCA and wilful…