Handle with Care: Non-Competition Provision Results in Increased Notice Period

By James D. Kondopulos Before incorporating a non-competition provision into an employee’s contract of employment or reminding a departing employee that a non-competition provision precludes...

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Probation Meant as an Opportunity to Demonstrate Skills

By Robert Smithson I sometimes refer to the probation period as the Rodney Dangerfield of employment law (for those of you not old enough to...

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Class Action Litigation – A New Tool for Union Organizing?

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...

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How Long Have You Worked Here?

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...

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