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In Boucher v Wal-Mart Canada Corp., 2014 ONCA 419, the Ontario Court of Appeal significantly reduced the punitive damages and dismissed the employee’s claim for loss of wages.

On November 21, 2013, the Supreme Court of Canada denied an employer’s application for leave to appeal the BC Court of Appeal decision in Lacey v. Weyerhaeuser Company Limited.

In King v. 1416088 Ontario Limited, 2014 ONSC 144, an Ontario court found that a 73-year-old employee terminated after 38 years of employment was entitled to claim wrongful dismissal damages.

The BC Court of Appeal upheld the dismissal of an action brought by a senior project manager terminated without cause on 4 weeks' notice in Van den Boogaard v Vancouver Pile Driving Ltd., 2014 BCCA 168.

Changes to the Canada Labour Code took effect. Among the changes are a new 6-month limitation period for filing a claim for unpaid wages and a cap on the amount of wages that can be awarded.

The grievor was employed in a position that gave her access to the Picture Archiving & Communication System (PACS) system.

The Court of Appeal upheld the award of 24 months' salary in lieu of notice for a 38-year employee who was 58 years of age at the time of his dismissal.

The Ontario Labour Relations Board overturned an employment standards officer's direction to an employer to pay $11,000 to a terminated employee in Exel Canada Ltd v McCarthy, 2014 CanLII 19404.

A BC arbitrator refused to admit clandestine video surveillance evidence in support of a termination of a 34-year employee in Unifor, Local 433 v Crown Packaging Ltd., 2014 CanLII 18105.

Despite the presence of some elements suggesting an employment relationship between the employer and the agency workers, the sanitation employees took their direction entirely from the agency.

An Ontario court held in The Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada v. Canada, 2014 ONSC 965 that the federal Expenditure Restraint Act was not contrary to the freedom of association of unionized employees under s. 2(d) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

An Ontario court held in Christmas v Fort McKay First Nation, 2014 ONSC 373 that it had no jurisdiction over a wrongful dismissal claim.

Amendments to the Alberta Employment Standards Code came into effect, extending job protection to employees who require leaves of absence to care for seriously ill family members.

In August 2014, an Ontario judge approved the proposed settlement in Fulawka v. The Bank of Nova Scotia, a case we have been tracking since its commencement in 2007 and certification as a class action in 2010.

Cromwell v Leon's Furniture Limited, 2014 CanLII 16399, a Nova Scotia human rights board of inquiry found that the complainant had been subjected to racially discriminatory comments and differential treatment by her manager...

An Alberta arbitration board allowed the union's policy grievance and struck down the employer's random drug and alcohol testing policy in Unifor, Local 707A v Suncor Energy Inc, 2014 CanLII 23034.

An Alberta court dismissed a complainant’s appeal of a human rights tribunal decision in Robinson v Edmonton (City), 2014 ABQB 29.