A non-unionized employee on an indefinite suspension with pay successfully claimed that he was constructively dismissed by his employer and was entitled to damages for wrongful dismissal. The case involved David Potter, an employee of the New Brunswick...
Read More →Ontario Last fall the Ontario Employment Standards Act, 2000 was amended to index increases to the minimum wage to Ontario’s Consumer Price Index. Putting that into effect, Ontario is raising the general minimum wage from $11 to $11.25 per hour...
Read More →Ontario’s government introduced workplace legislation on July 16, 2014 that would affect five labour and employment statutes in the province. Significant changes that are proposed in the Stronger Workplaces for a Stronger Economy Act, 2014 include: ...
Read More →A recent decision of the B.C. Court of Appeal has endorsed a novel approach to post-employment competition by upholding an employment contract whereby the employee was required to compensate the employer if she competed soon after her employment ended....
Read More →The British Columbia Court of Appeal has unanimously held that the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal did not have jurisdiction […]
Read More →Bill 34 has been introduced in the British Columbia legislature to establish, for most claims, a basic limitation period of […]
Read More →The general minimum wage in British Columbia will be increasing from $9.50 per hour to $10.25 per hour on May […]
Read More →La Cour suprême du Canada a accepté d’entendre l’affaire Richard Waterman c. IBM Canada Limitée, 2011 BCCA 337 portant sur […]
Read More →The Supreme Court of Canada has granted leave to hear the case of Richard Waterman v. IBM Canada Limited,2011 BCCA […]
Read More →A recent Supreme Court of British Columbia case raises the issue of whether employers may unilaterally change the terms of […]
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