Legal Ease – Paying Canada’s Debt to War Veterans

By Robert Smithson One statistic I saw recently indicated that 60 per cent of Canada’s war veterans are not receiving the full range of benefits...

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Legal Ease – Dress Code Complaint Reveals Societal Cleavage

Robert Smithson A Vancouver bartender named Karolina Bil has alleged gender-based discrimination against the owners of the Shark Club bar.  Her complaint reveals the cleavage...

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Legal Ease – Dress Code Complaint Reveals Societal Cleavage

Robert Smithson A Vancouver bartender named Karolina Bil has alleged gender-based discrimination against the owners of the Shark Club bar.  Her complaint reveals the cleavage...

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Legal Ease – Johnny Paycheck Would Have Been Proud

  Robert Smithson      In his classic 1977 cover of the country song, “Take This Job and Shove It”, Johnny Paycheck gave voice to the pent-up frustrations...

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Legal Ease – Why Is This Place So F#%Anded Up?

    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...

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Legal Ease – You’re Fired – But Don’t Leave!

  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...

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Legal Ease – What’s So Personal About Employees’ Whereabouts?

    Robert Smithson    About the Author:                   The advent of personal information legislation across Canada has provided employees with a mechanism to challenge their employer’s monitoring of their...

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Legal Ease – Lap Dancing Saga Grinds to a Close

  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...

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