Welcome to The 2020 Workplace: Attract, Develop and Keep Top Talent

By Nicole Girouard There has never been a time where we have been so connected. Information is at our fingertips 24/7 and we can find...

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Safety Trumps Belief: Of Hardship and Helmets

By Graeme McFarlane Good employers are concerned about respecting the Human Rights of their employees, and they should be. Sometimes there can be a real...

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Human Rights Tribunal: A Schrenk Explainer

By Janice Rubin and Megan Forward On March 28, 2017, the Supreme Court of Canada (the “Court”) heard arguments in British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal...

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Investigation is the New Arbitration

By Harry Gray and Gavin Marshall Beware the misuse of the due process tool in your workplace management toolbox. Investigations are the new arbitration. More and...

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Burger King Dealt a Whopper by BC Courts: Fired Fish Sandwich Felon Vindicated

By Kelsey Robertson In Ram v. Michael Lacombe Group Inc., 2017 BCSC 212, Ms. Ram, a cook at Burger King for 24 years, was dismissed...

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Two Wrongs Might Make a Copyright: Employees vs. Contractors with Intellectual Property on the Line

By Cameron Wardell It is not uncommon for companies to look externally when in need of services outside of the expertise of its organization.  Companies...

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Non-Culpable or Innocent Absenteeism

By James D. Kondopulos and Gosia Piasecka In the recent arbitration decision of Vancouver Coastal Health Authority v. Hospital Employees’ Union (Termination for Non-Culpable or...

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Revisiting the 2016 Changes to the BC Human Rights Code

By Nicole Byres As 2016 has ended and we reflect on potential emerging issues for employers in 2017, the recent amendments to the BC Human...

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