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[ June 1, 2023 ] Tribunal dismisses appeal by B.C. employer, citing its ‘conscious and deliberate’ decision to stand aside during investigation Featured
[ May 31, 2023 ] Higher unemployment and less income: how domestic violence costs women financially Law Firm Profiles
[ May 31, 2023 ] What is ‘ethical AI’ and how can companies achieve it? Law Firm Profiles
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Costs of playing hardball: Is terminating an employee worth $150,000?

By Lai-King Hum | Hum Law Firm Many employers play hardball with employees they terminate. [Read More]

Air Canada loses bid to defer grievance over pilot’s sexual harassment on layover in Tel Aviv

Air Canada has lost its bid to defer a grievance involving a worker who was [Read More]

Alberta company awarded $112,000 from former worker who quit, stole business in ‘flagrant’ breach of duty of good faith

An Alberta engineering firm has been awarded more than $112,000 in damages from a former [Read More]

Speculation is not proof: Age discrimination complaint tossed in firing of 61-year-old worker

Speculation doesn’t generally hold up well in front of decision-makers. A receptionist at a home [Read More]

Atlantic Coated Papers wins appeal in constructive dismissal case involving unvaccinated worker

An Ontario company has won its appeal of an employment standards officer’s order that awarded [Read More]

Man jailed for 90 days after being convicted of sexually assaulting colleague at work

A Newfoundland and Labrador man has been sentenced to 90 days in jail for sexually [Read More]

Higher unemployment and less income: how domestic violence costs women financially

By Marilyn McMahon, Deakin University Women in abusive relationships are more likely to be unemployed [Read More]

What is ‘ethical AI’ and how can companies achieve it?

By Dennis Hirsch, The Ohio State University and Piers Norris Turner, The Ohio State University [Read More]

How smaller cities can integrate newcomers into their labour markets

By Mary Crea-Arsenio, McMaster University; Andrea Baumann, McMaster University; Bruce Newbold, McMaster University, and Margaret [Read More]

Technology executive, fired after being hurt in car crash, awarded $80K by human rights tribunal

A technology executive, fired shortly after being injured in a car crash, has been awarded [Read More]

Revoked job offer, based on failed drug test, not discriminatory despite disability claim: Tribunal

An Alberta pipeline company did not discriminate against a job candidate with a disability who [Read More]

B.C. Supreme Court orders human rights tribunal to revisit disability case involving TELUS worker

The B.C. Supreme Court has ordered the human rights tribunal to reconsider a ruling involving [Read More]

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