Alberta Human Rights Commission Appoints New Members
By Order in Council dated June 20, 2024, the Lieutenant Governor in Council has appointed five new members and reappointed
Rolling Out Gen AI In The Workplace
Gen AI is here. This may feel very abstract and irrelevant to many of our employees but may be a
Ontario Court Of Appeal Finds Plaintiff Did Not Fail To Mitigate, Upholds $50,000 Aggravated Damages Award For Manner Of Dismissal
A recent Court of Appeal decision provides an illustration of when an employee may successfully claim they were unable to
Let’s Revisit: Resignation And Abandonment Of Employment
A recent decision from the Alberta Court of King's Bench1 examined a situation where an employer deemed an injured employee to
Why Moving On From A CEO Can Be Costly And Complicated
In normal conditions, Toronto-Dominion Bank's veteran chief executive, now approaching the ten-year mark in the top job, might be putting the
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