As the legalization of recreational marijuana is approaching, many employers are struggling to develop policies to respond to this change in policy.
Courting Questions of...
Traditionally, it has been difficult to convince courts to enforce termination clauses in employment contracts. This has been particularly difficult in the Province of...
By Andrew Schafer
Employee investigations can have important and far-reaching positive or negative implications for employers, depending on how they are carried out. A properly...
By Graeme McFarlane
As we moved through the last few months of 2017, we heard repeated allegations of sexual harassment brought against many high profile...
By Melanie Vipond, CPHR
In your your day-to-day role as an HR professional, you realize that most workplace conflicts can be resolved informally. Unfortunately, as...
By Erin Brandt
Workations as a concept are nothing new. Employees, executives and business owners brought paperwork with them on holiday and maintained remote contact...
By Erin Brandt
Some employment contracts specify an end date, some don’t. Why do employers choose one or the other? At the end of the...
By James D. Kondopulos and Andrew Eyer
In a recent B.C. Supreme Court case, Hall v. Trueblue (c.o.b. Labour Ready), B.C.J. No. 2212 (S.C.),...