Effective employment contracts include termination clauses that set out an employee’s entitlements upon termination of employment. These clauses are vulnerable to attack…
a) British Columbia’s Bill 13 On March 7, 2023, British Columbia introduced Bill 13, the Pay Transparency Act (the “Act”) for first…
Employers terminating employees for “just cause” must show that the employee’s misconduct gave rise to a breakdown of the employment relationship. This…
Managing Romances in the Workplace As we say goodbye to February, the month associated with celebrating romantic love, employers should consider how…
On January 11, 2023, in Besse v. Reach CPA Inc., Tribunal Member Megan Stewart of the British Columbia Civil Resolution Tribunal found…
In this month’s Newsletter, we bring you a tasting menu of ten cases that are worthy of mention. Some of the cases…
As we near the end of 2022, vaccine mandate cases continue to evolve with the ever-changing pandemic. In this article, we provide…
2022 has been a whirlwind of a year. Between constitutional challenges, COVID-19 cases rising, falling, and rising again, and new laws coming…
DOWNLOAD & SHARE September brought us a variety of interesting cases on different topics. In this article we summarize four of these…
a) Intrusion Upon Seclusion: This is a limited and specific tort developed for cases where there was a “deliberate and significant invasion”…
The generally accepted rule regarding sexual harassment in the workplace is: don’t do it. Employees have a duty not to engage in…
In our article, The Inescapable Rule of Waksdale, we wrote about the Ontario Court of Appeal (“ONCA”) decision in Rahman v. Cannon…
