Latest Word from the Supreme Court of Canada on Collective Bargaining
On April 29, 2011, the Supreme Court of Canada weighed in again on the issue of collective bargaining rights. In Ontario (Attorney General) v. Fraser ... Continued
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On April 29, 2011, the Supreme Court of Canada weighed in again on the issue of collective bargaining rights. In Ontario (Attorney General) v. Fraser ... Continued
Employment Practices Liability (EPL) insurance has been around a while (since the late 1990’s) but we don’t often see it discussed in Canadian case law. ... Continued
The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal recently confirmed that it was unlawful for an employer to make deductions from statutory severance pay owed to a terminated ... Continued
In order to conduct business and compete successfully, many Canadian companies will find it necessary to recruit foreign employees or transfer employees from foreign jurisdictions ... Continued
An employee who has been wrongfully dismissed is subject to a common law duty to mitigate his or her loss of income by making reasonable ... Continued
In the January edition of Business Matters, we discussed the advantages of incorporating in British Columbia for foreign enterprises wishing to establish a Canadian subsidiary ... Continued
On April 13th, 2011 the BC Supreme Court provided a significant victory for union rights in British Columbia when it rendered its decision in BCTF ... Continued
The Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in Honda Canada Inc. v. Keays (“Honda”) suggested that awards against employers for bad faith in the handling of ... Continued
In our previous article regarding bad faith, we referred to the February 18, 2011 decision Beggs v Westport Foods Ltd. in which the BC Court ... Continued
The BC Government has announced that the BC minimum wage will increase in 3 stages from $8.00/hr to $10.25/hr over the next year as follows: ... Continued
Employers with unionized workforces know that it is always difficult to have a termination for just cause upheld in a unionized setting. This is because ... Continued
The regime for construction contracting is like a pyramid, with labour and materials ascending from workers and suppliers through subcontractors to the general contractor and ... Continued