Robert Smithson
Among the possible acts of workplace insubordination, criticizing your boss to his or her superior ranks high on the list of actions sure...
By Graeme McFarlane
To test or not to test?
With recent changes to the Workers Compensation regime, the risks for employers have greatly increased. Jail is...
Robert Smithson
One of the stranger aspects of the law of wrongful dismissal is the extent to which the duty to mitigate may compel a...
Robert Smithson
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The advent of personal information legislation across Canada has provided employees with a mechanism to challenge their employer’s monitoring of their...
Chilwin Cheng
Recently, someone asked me whether they could sue their employer after they were dismissed and the employer provided them with a good reference...
By Robert Smithson
For two Winnipeg teachers, the last several months have surely been an excruciating and humiliating experience. If they were ever going to...
By Robert Smithson
According a recent article by Randy Shore, published in the Vancouver Sun, the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) has implemented a...
By Robert Smithson
According to the Globe & Mail, employers and recruiters are assembling a “blacklist” of people considered unfit for hiring. Apparently, if you...
