By Jennifer Wiegele
Most employers understand the need for policies in the effective management and regulation of the workplace. However, it is not uncommon to...
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...
By James D. Kondopulos
A flawed investigation of alleged employee misconduct is a recipe for trouble. It can, in certain circumstances, result in a significant...
By Robert Smithson
The weird world of employment law sometimes compels employees to go back to work for the very employer which fired them. Recently,...
By James D. Kondopulos
You’ve been a valued employee for 18 years. One day you’re told that your position is being eliminated at the end...
By Robert Smithson
In smaller businesses, such as professional offices, achieving the right mix of boss and staff is critical. Losing that sometimes hard-won balance...
By Robert Smithson
Canadian courts seem to have had something of a love-hate relationship with so-called moral damages in wrongful dismissal cases. I’d say that’s...
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...
