When An E-Mail Does Not “Find You Well”: Just Cause Termination Not A Proportionate Response To Employee’s Heated E-Mail
Previously printed in the LexisNexis Labour Notes Newsletter. Employers can be quick to assert that a single instance of employee
Unreasonable Employer Actions Violate Alberta Employee Rights
ATCO Electric Ltd. v Canadian Energy Workers Association, 2024 CanLII 37038 (AB GAA) is a recent decision by arbitrator James Casey in
More Alberta Pushback On McAllister Costs
VLM v Dominey, 2024 ABKB 295 (Henderson, J) is an Alberta Court of King's Bench decision where the Court declined to
Free Speech Does Not Trump Other Rights
Union leader's support for U of T encampment oversteps her mandate Last week, Laura Walton, president of the Ontario Federation
Employers Unlikely To Get Costs In Alberta Human Rights
Karpetz v Syncrude Canada Ltd., 2024 AHRC 64 (C Dickins) is an Alberta Human Rights decision where an employer who
Court Holds Arbitrator Misapplied The Test For Discrimination To A Workplace Investigation
In Association of Management, Administrative and Professional Crown Employees of Ontario v. Ontario (Ministry of the Attorney General), the Ontario Superior
Cause For Dismissal: The Importance Of Context
When an employer has cause for dismissal, the employer can terminate an employee without notice or severance pay. Because of
200 Employees Laid Off After Restructuring At Canada’s Largest Credit Union
This year there have unfortunately been several mass layoffs in BC. Most recently, Vancity has announced that it is terminating