By Robert Smithson
B.C.’s Personal Information Protection Act compels employers to protect the privacy of employees. The hiring process is one period when the employer’s...
By Graeme McFarlane
Overtime is finished and the home team suffers a heartbreaking loss. The season of hopes and dreams comes to a disappointing end....
By Robert Smithson
The third Monday of every February will be celebrated as a statutory holiday in B.C. – dubbed “Family Day” – commencing in...
By Robert Smithson
One of the areas of employment law which remains least predictable is the enforceability of post-employment restrictive covenants. A recent decision of...
By Robert Smithson
Our common law of wrongful dismissal establishes most employees’ entitlement to notice of termination (or pay in lieu) based, primarily, on the...
By Robert Smithson
One of the tasks for which many managers are unprepared is the workplace investigation. The guidelines for performing this function effectively are...
By Robert Smithson
I’ve written many times on the topic of the unpredictable impact of covenants restricting employees’ post-employment activities. What is certain about such...
By Kellie Auld, CHRP
I recently provided a workshop for a client on workplace accommodation and a couple of the participants came to me afterward...
