HR Law Canada

The Nova Scotia Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by disability plan trustees who challenged how settlement funds were divided between an injured employee and their long-term disability insurer…. …

A man who faced 250 days in jail for failing to pay a $30,000 fine under Alberta’s Workers Compensation Act has been granted a payment extension after an Alberta Court …

A British Columbia worker who created and distributed a fake newspaper article describing herself shooting and killing two former co-workers has lost her appeal of a court decision dismissing her… …

An Ontario court has ordered a former client to resolve her fee dispute with her employment law firm through arbitration rather than court assessment, rejecting arguments that the arbitration clause… …

The Ontario Divisional Court has dismissed an appeal seeking to certify a class action against a temporary help agency over alleged worker misclassification and upheld a substantial cost award of …

An Alberta labour relations board has dismissed a duty of fair representation complaint from a former Sherritt International employee who argued his union breached its obligations when it settled his …

An arbitrator in Alberta has reinstated a railway operator who was terminated after three empty railcars rolled uncontrolled into an adjacent worksite, finding that while the employee committed serious safety… …

An Alberta human rights tribunal has upheld the dismissal of an employment discrimination complaint after finding that a 64-year-old manager unreasonably refused a fair settlement offer from his forme… Free …

Nova Scotia’s Labour Board has ordered Code Ninjas Halifax to pay a former centre director $2,922.40 in unpaid bonuses and vacation pay after the company failed to honour compensation agreements …

An employer who failed to maintain proper payroll records for a live-in caregiver has lost its appeal of a determination that it owed $13,337.59 in overtime wages and penalties. The… …