Alcohol Testing in Inherently Dangerous Workplace

By Robert Smithson Suncor Energy’s ongoing battle, in Alberta, to implement a workplace drug and alcohol testing program has gained a following as it works...

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Probation Meant as an Opportunity to Demonstrate Skills

By Robert Smithson I sometimes refer to the probation period as the Rodney Dangerfield of employment law (for those of you not old enough to...

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Are Your Hiring Practices Preventing You From Finding the Right Fit?

By Karen Zukas You're hiring. Of course, you want the best fit possible. So, ideally, as a B.C.-based company, you want candidates with Canadian experience...

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Duty to Mitigate May Include Taking Job Offered

By James D. Kondopulos You’ve been a valued employee for 18 years.  One day you’re told that your position is being eliminated at the end...

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Policy, Property and Privacy: Employer-owned Computers

By Graeme McFarlane Computers are everywhere.  They say that the average cell phone has more computing power than did NASA when it sent people to...

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Dear God: I Quit

By Robert Smithson Approximately 1.2 billion Catholics woke up this week to the news that Pope Benedict XVI has given two weeks’ notice of resignation....

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Workplace Drug Testing Being Tested Again

By Robert Smithson It seems that every few years a Canadian employer takes a run at the human rights-based rules preventing workplace drug and alcohol...

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Bill 14 Update – Trends and Interim Practice Directive from WorkSafeBC

By Marino Sveinson It has been six months since Bill 14 came into effect on July 1, 2012 along with WorkSafeBC’s corresponding compensation policy on...

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