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ARTICLE · 05 NOVEMBER 2025

A Sharp Reminder: Doctor's Notes, Last Chance Deals, And Credibility In The Workplace

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An industrial butcher with three years' seniority learned the hard way that his Last Chance Agreement was not to be trifled with. In UFCW, Local 175 & 633 v. Cargill Limited (Dunlop)...

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Mike MacLellan
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An industrial butcher with three years' seniority learned the hard way that his Last Chance Agreement was not to be trifled with. In UFCW, Local 175 & 633 v. Cargill Limited (Dunlop), Arbitrator John Martelli upheld the dismissal of a long-term employee who breached a Last Chance Agreement (LCA) by missing a single day of work and failing to produce a timely doctor's note.

The grievor had already been on thin ice after intentionally overstaying a vacation to his home country of El Salvador in 2022 and falsely claiming that he could not return to Canada due to residency issues. Rather than terminate, Cargill gave him a reprieve under an LCA that explicitly imposed zero tolerance for any unauthorized absences and barred an arbitrator from softening the penalty.

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