Complaint proceedings before the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal (the "Tribunal") are presumptively public.

Employers have a duty to protect employees from sexualization in the workplace by patrons and customers, even if that means removing or banning individuals with an alleged mental disability ...

When facing the difficult decision to end an employee's employment for cause, it is very important not to jump to conclusions.

As British Columbia moves from Phase 2 into Phase 3 of its Restart Plan, employees will increasingly be asked to return to work and resume work as before...

In BC, a worker has a right to refuse work if he/she "has reasonable cause to believe that to do so would create an undue hazard to the health and safety of any person" pursuant to Section 3.12(1)...

In the recent case of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation v Canadian Media Guild, 2021 CanLII 761 (Slotnik), a BC arbitrator reinstated an employee who had been fired for cause after his employer...

In LaFleche v. NLFD Auto Ltd. dba Prince George Ford (No. 2), 2022 BCHRT 88, the BC Human Rights Tribunal (the "Tribunal") awarded $78,625 to a complainant after finding that she suffered...

The use of workplace investigations in situations where employees are dismissed for just cause has received considerable attention from the courts in recent years, with the decision of the British Columbia...

With the recent report of a toxic work environment at Rideau Hall and the subsequent resignation of former Governor General Julie Payette, the issue of what constitutes a poisoned workplace...

It can start with a knock on the door one morning. It is a local Indian agent, or the parish priest, or, perhaps, a mounted police officer.

Reza Baraty alleged he was constructively dismissed from his position with Wellons Canada Corp. ("Wellons"). He considered: (1) his position to have been eroded...

The importance of maintaining composure in the heat of the moment, even in the face of insubordination or other defiant employee behaviour, is highlighted in Sweeting v. Mok, 2017 ONCA 203.

The Federal Court of Appeal recently overturned a decision of the Public Service Labour Relations and Employment Board (the "Board") concerning the National Attendance Management Policy...

As of January 31, 2023, an exemption to the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, S.C. 1996, c. 19 (the "Act") will allow adults in B.C. to possess small amounts of certain controlled...

On April 29th, 2013, the Government of Canada introduced several reforms to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program.

Fast track litigation limits the recovery of legal costs to $11,000, unless the court orders otherwise.

In response to COVID-19, the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal (the “Tribunal”) experienced a flood of complaints related to mask mandates.

The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal found that an employer discriminated against a long-term employee with a knee injury by insisting he return to his original role as a Second Cook...

A recent decision of the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal (the "Tribunal") demonstrates how important it is for employers to take meaningful and immediate action in response to complaints of sexual harassment.

In MR v. SS, 2025 BCCRT 851, the BC Civil Resolution Tribunal (the “Tribunal”) examined the question of whether intimate photos taken by an employee in the workplace attract a reasonable expectation of privacy.