As an employer, if you organize a company party or similar work-related social gathering for your employees, you have certain legal responsibilities.

In a preliminary ruling in BC Ferry Services Inc. -and- BC Ferry & Marine Workers' Union, 2025 CanLII 8390, Arbitrator Arne Peltz determined that the "meet or exceed" test under s. 3 of the Employment Standards Act...

a Trinity Western University graduate was awarded over $8,500 by the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal because of a company's refusal to hire her due, in part, to her religious beliefs.

Bill 13 Employment Standards Amendment Act (No. 2), 2021 ("Bill 13") received Royal Assent on May 20, 2021. Bill 13 is an amendment to the British Columbia Employment Standards Act (the "ESA")...

Sui v. HungryPanda Tech Ltd., 2024 BCSC 1856 serves as a warning to employers who make initial employment offers before issuing formal contracts.

In Adair v. Forensic Psychiatric Services Commission (No. 2), 2017 BCHRT 147, the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal revisited what accommodation looks like in the employment context.

On November 9, 2021, the B.C. Supreme Court released its decision in the case of Golob v. Fort St. John (City), 2021 BCSC 2192.

Your employee places their cellphone on the table as they sit down for the meeting, angling it slightly towards you. You wonder – is this meeting being recorded?

What better way to end our three-part series on employment law lessons learned from watching Netflix's Selling Sunset than to talk about romantic relationships in the workplace.

In Gaucher v. Fraser Health Authority and others, 2019 BCHRT 243, the Human Rights Tribunal dismissed without a hearing the human rights complaint of a nurse regarding her attempts to return...

On June 6, 2017, the Supreme Court of Canada upheld the termination of a cocaine-addicted employee, finding that he was terminated for breaching the employer's drug and alcohol policy...

B.C.'s privacy legislation has typically meant that employers have avoided or limited the collection of demographic data from applicants and employees.

The decision of the BC Supreme Court in Paull v. Quesnel (City), 2025 BCSC 347 adds to the growing line of cases regarding censure and sanction of local government councils and boards.

The B.C. Supreme Court recently released a decision in a class proceeding involving past employees of a major hotel operated by Ocean Pacific Hotels Ltd. ("Ocean Pacific").

On December 10, 2018, the British Columbia Law Institute (the "BCLI") published its 300 page report (the "Report") on reforming the BC Employment Standards Act (the "ESA").

It is now accepted that "family status" protections under human rights legislation cover persons who are in a parent-child relationship, as well as the obligations which flow from that relationship...

Employers that organize and host Christmas or holiday parties and similar work-related social events have a number of legal responsibilities. They can be held liable for not taking adequate...

A Provincial General Election will take place in British Columbia on Saturday, October 24, 2020 ("General Voting Day").

Arbitrator Larry Steinberg faced a plethora of issues in the recent case of Toronto District School Board v. CUPE, Local 4400 (Naccarato Grievance), [2015] O.L.A.A. No. 429.

The complainant, Allen Cummings, was employed as the executive director of the respondent, Nenan Dane Zaa Deh Zona Family Services Society (the "Society").