December 29, 2021 by Cristina Wendel in COVID-19, Dentons, Employment and Labour
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Dentons + | COVID-19 Employment and Labour case law updates that you need to know about

In the below video, Cristina Wendel and Emily Kroboth provide answers to the most popular questions from a recent webinar on the latest […]

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November 24, 2021 by Cristina Wendel in Alberta, Occupational Health and Safety, OHS
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Alberta employers: Changes to occupational health and safety legislation take effect on December 1, 2021

A number of significant changes to Alberta’s occupational health and safety legislation that were initially introduced in the fall of […]

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May 21, 2021 by Cristina Wendel in General
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Alberta Government provides list of exempt workplaces, clarifying recent COVID-19 public health orders regarding workplace closures

In follow up to a recent Dentons Employment and Labour Blog Post detailing recent public health orders in Alberta (CMOH […]

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May 12, 2021 by Cristina Wendel in General
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Alberta businesses may face mandatory workplace closures under new COVID-19 public health orders

In response to climbing COVID-19 case numbers and an increasing number of Albertans testing positive for ‘variants of concern’, the […]

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October 15, 2020 by Cristina Wendel in COVID-19
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Episode 6: Family status accommodation and COVID-19

Dentons · Episode 6: Family status accommodation and COVID-19 In episode 6 of the Canadian Employment and Labour Law podcast, […]

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May 05, 2016 by Cristina Wendel in Alberta, Employment Standards, English
  • Comments Off on Court finds termination clause purporting to limit a 17-year employee’s termination notice to the 8 week statutory minimum to be “clear, express and unambiguous”

Court finds termination clause purporting to limit a 17-year employee’s termination notice to the 8 week statutory minimum to be “clear, express and unambiguous”

An Alberta court recently had the opportunity to consider the question of whether a termination clause was effective to take away an employee’s entitlement to pay in lieu of notice of termination in excess of the minimum set out in the Alberta Employment Standards Code (“Code”). The Plaintiff in this

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October 08, 2013 by Cristina Wendel in Restrictive Covenants
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Latest from the Supreme Court of Canada on restrictive covenants in the commercial context

On September 12, 2013, the Supreme Court of Canada issued its decision in Payette v. Guay Inc. Although this decision […]

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