Labour & Employment Archives : 2015

Recent appeal case finds that former employee did not fail to mitigate damages by rejecting offers of re-employment when trust and confidence was eroded.

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Legal Wit — Impenetrable Jargon

Of course [the defendant] was entitled to change its organization as it saw fit and to terminate the plaintiff or anyone else, subject to the law requiring proper notice.

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Recent Alberta case prevents employee alleging wrongful dismissal from double recovery after accepting recovery process under the ESA

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Phrase of the Week - Organization Test

Calgary (City) and CUPE, Local 38 (Policy Grievances), Re | 2012 CarswellAlta 1446 | (Alta. Arb.)

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Elliott v. R. | 2013 CarswellNat 2540 (T.C.C.) | Boyle J

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The US Supreme Court recently ruled that employers don't have to pay for time spent in security screenings. This post explains that ruling and its possible impact in Canada.

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This post summarizes an employment law case from the British Columbia Supreme Court which illustrates some of the challenges social media presents to both employers and employees.

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Mounted Police Assn. of Ontario / Assoc. de la Police Montée de l'Ontario v. Canada (Attorney General) 2012 CarswellOnt 6781 | Ontario Court of Appeal

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