PRACTICE AREA: Labour & Employment

Sample Legal Memo | Arbitration Clauses

Do arbitration clauses in collective agreements preclude employees from commencing wrongful dismissal claims? Download sample legal memo.

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Court held workplace policy specifically prohibited employees from disseminating personal information of another employee to third parties without express permission

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Tang v. UFCW, Local 1000A (2016) 2016 CarswellOnt 3534 Ontario Labour Relations Board

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Employee owes employer damages in lieu of notice of resignation

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Khan, Re (2016), 2016 CarswellBC 1225 British Columbia Employment Standards Tribunal

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Federal Court of Appeal finds essential nature and function of police service was to provide policing services and that was matter within the provincial sphere.

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MacGregor v. Lethbridge College (2016) 2016 ABPC 72, 2016 CarswellAlta 563 Alberta Provincial Court

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Digest of the Week | Vaccinate or Mask Policy

Arbitrator allowed the grievance finding the employer’s Vaccinate or Mask policy was introduced to drive up immunization rates, was unreasonable and undermined rights of employees to refuse influenza vaccination.

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Insurance Corp. of British Columbia and COPE, Local 378 (Redundancy), Re (2015) 2015 CarswellBC 3846 British Columbia Arbitration

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Employee's termination was not due to her age, but rather was a result of her position becoming redundant.

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Steinebach v. Clean Energy Compression Corp. 29 C.C.E.L. (4th) 175, 2016 CarswellBC 641, 2016 BCCA 112 British Columbia Court of Appeal

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westlaw Canada is the 2016 Winner of the Hugh Lawford Award

We are excited to announce that last week, westlaw Canada received the Hugh Lawford Award for Excellence in Legal Publishing.

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