In ATCO Electric Ltd. v. Canadian Energy Workers' Assn. (Concerning Drug and Alcohol Testing Grievance), [2024] A.G.A.A. No. 49 (applications for review dismissed, 2025 ALRB 93)...

It was impossible for Mr. Lau to deal with the allegations against him. It was impossible for him to properly defend himself; from the outset the bank believed that the client told the truth.

In Everclean Facility Services Ltd., 2022 BCLRB 14 ("Everclean Facility Services"), the BC Labour Relations Board (the "Board") considered a trade union's application for leave and reconsideration...

A recent decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal acts as a cautionary tale for all employers when it comes to conducting (or not conducting) workplace investigations.

In Kambere v. Castillo, 2024 BCCRT 1224, the B.C. Civil Resolution Tribunal (the "CRT") determined that the applicant, Kambere, and the respondent, Young, entered into a binding contract...

In Katz et al. v. Clarke, 2019 ONSC 2188, the plaintiff had been hired by the defendant in 2000 as a front store manager. He had gone on sick leave due to a disability in July 2008

In a preliminary decision, a B.C. arbitrator confirmed his authority to award damages for an employer's breach of the provisions of B.C.'s Personal Information Protection Act ("PIPA") relating to the collection and use of employee personal information.

On April 6, 2022, Bill 10 – 2022 Labour Relations Code Amendment Act, 2022 ("Bill 10") received first reading. Once in effect, Bill 10 will cause two significant amendments to the BC Labour Relations Code (the "Code").

On June 16, 2022, the federal government introduced Bill C-27, "An Act to enact the Consumer Privacy Protection Act, the Personal Information and Data Protection Tribunal Act and the Artificial Intelligence...

In January 2014, we reported on Kelly v. University of British Columbia (No. 4), 2013 BCHRT 302, a case in which the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal (the "Tribunal") more than doubled its previous record...

In School District No. 73 v. BCTF (Wasylik Grievance) a recent British Columbia labour arbitration case, Arbitrator Ken Saunders issued a supplementary award.

In Francescutti v. Vancouver (City), 2017 BCCA 242, the British Columbia Court of Appeal restored a human rights tribunal decision to dismiss a complaint brought by a former City of Vancouver employee.

Star Limousine Service Ltd. ("Star") is a limousine business operating in Vancouver, British Columbia.

In its 2019 decision in Envirocon Environmental Services, ULC v. Suen, 2019 BCCA 46, the BC Court of Appeal confirmed that the Campbell River test remains good law in British Columbia.

Federally-regulated employers take note: significant changes to employment standards under the Canada Labour Code come into effect on September 1, 2019.

In the unionized workplace, an employer may dismiss an employee for non-culpable absenteeism (also known as "innocent absenteeism" or "non-culpable cause")...

A British Columbia arbitral decision is the most recent in a developing line of authority cautioning BC employers that sick days conferred under the Employment Standards Act, R.S.B.C. 1996...

The Federal Court of Canada's recent decision in Konteft v. Lower Lakes Towing Ltd., 2024 FC 96 (CanLII) confirms that maritime employment law requires careful consideration of jurisdictional issues.

A five-justice division of the B.C. Court of Appeal has just issued an important, unanimous decision on the applicable test to address claims of discrimination in employment...

A recent decision in Singh v. Revera Home Health, [2015] B.C.H.R.T.D. No. 800 by Chair Bernd Walter of the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal will be of interest to users of the human rights system...