By Robert Smithson
It’s the time of year when many employers are filling out their seasonal workforce. The mistake of routinely hiring employees on “one...
By Robert Smithson
Our federal government’s recent introduction of proposed reforms to the employment insurance system has prompted the expected furor from both sides of...
By Graeme McFarlane
As the baby boomers age, the make up of the Canadian workforce is changing. Economic uncertainties combined with longer life spans have...
By Robert Smithson
In smaller businesses, such as professional offices, achieving the right mix of boss and staff is critical. Losing that sometimes hard-won balance...
By Tom Roper
On March 5, 2012, the BC Supreme Court certified a class action, brought on behalf of temporary foreign workers recruited to work...
By Robert Smithson
Employers commonly give department managers the authority to make employment-related decisions for their own staff. Even when a company has an in-house...
Yosie Saint-Cyr LL.B.
A recent poll asked if a person's weight had ever influenced the decision on whether to hire, promote or reward the person....
By Robert Smithson
Most employers likely believe that an employee given working notice of termination and who refuses to keep working has forfeited any legal...
