He thought the rulebook was a guide, not a master. The tribunal saw it differently
A school bus driver caught on video steering with one hand while holding his cellphone figured the rulebook was a guide, not a master. An Ontario tribunal disagreed, ruling the repeat offence cost him any right to termination or severance pay.
The Ontario Labour Relations Board released its decision on May 15, 2026, with Vice-Chair Roslyn McGilvery dismissing the driver's application. The former spare driver had asked the board to overturn an employment standards officer's refusal to order Stock Transportation Ltd. to pay termination and severance after more than 11 years on the job.
Stock Transportation provides school bus services to school boards across Ontario and employs several thousand drivers in the province, including roughly 290 to 300 at the Toronto West office where the worker was based. He had driven there since October 2012, working as a spare driver who covered other drivers' routes when they were off sick or on vacation.
There was no dispute about what got him fired. On Feb. 13, 2024, the bus's onboard LYTX camera, which starts recording when it senses events like a sharp turn or hard braking, captured him driving with his phone in his hand. The safety and training supervisor reviewed the footage and met with him the next day, Feb. 14, 2024, to end his employment.
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