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In his November 2014 Communique "Let's Take This Outside: Can Employers Discipline Employees for Off-Duty Conduct?", Cole Lefebvre canvassed a number of cases in which the courts had to assess terminations employee misconduct outside the workplace.

Last month, The Advocates' Quarterly published an article by Paul Willetts entitled "Tagg Industries v. Rieder: Is Storing Pornography on a Work-Issued Laptop Cause for Dismissal".

As discussed in our bulletin of January 2015, the Federal Court of Appeal released a judgment on January 22, 2015, holding that the Canada Labour Code (Code) permits dismissals on a without cause basis.

The employer, Northfield Metal Products, has a progressive discipline policy in place to address any incidents of workplace violence...

With the talks of marijuana being further deregulated by the government, it will be more accessible to employees, and it might soon be an issue in British Columbia workplaces.

The termination of an employee observed using cannabis while driving a Town vehicle has been upheld in Saskatchewan.

Following are our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario released this past week.

Many employers use a probationary period with new employees to assess whether or not a new hire is a good fit for their organization.

In a recent decision, Shewchuk v. IBM Canada Limited, 2017 BCSC 2211, the British Columbia Supreme Court ordered IBM Canada to pay special costs for its conduct following the company's breach of a settlement agreement with Steven Shewchuk, a former employee

On February 3rd, 2012, the Court of Appeal reversed a decision of the Commission des relations du travail (C.R.T.) and accepted the complaint for dismissal not made for good and sufficient cause, filed by Patrick Jean (the Employee), against his previous employer,

Many are familiar with the general idea that, when it comes to reasonable notice, one month per year of service is the usual starting point.

A judge in BC has ruled that a unilateral change to an employee’s bonus was constructive dismissal: "Piron v. Dominion Masonry".

We recently came across this new Ontario human rights decision in the course of advising an Alberta employer on an employee child care issue.

On January 1, 2019, an amendment to the Alberta Provincial Court Act, RSA 2000, c P-31 (the Act) came into effect which provides the Lieutenant Governor in Council the authority ...

Recently, the Federal Court of Canada confirmed that federally regulated employers subject to the Canada Labour Code (the Code) may dismiss non-union employees without just cause, despite the unjust dismissal provisions contained in the Code.

Following the Lischuk v K-Jay Electric Ltd. wrongful dismissal case decision, Senior Partner, Philip Prowse sat down to reflect on the broader significance of the case.

On July 18, 2019, the Supreme Court of Canada denied WestJet's application for leave to appeal the British Columbia Court of Appeal's ("BCCA") decision not to strike a notice of civil claim.