DLA Piper (Canada) LLP is pleased to welcome Keri Bennett as Counsel to the Employment and Data Protection, Privacy and Cybersecurity groups in our Vancouver office. Keri Bennett provides strategic …
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Workplace Legislation/Press Releases
Competition Bureau seeks feedback on new guidance related to wage fixing and no-poaching agreements
By The Competition Bureau The Competition Bureau is inviting interested parties to provide comments on new guidelines to address wage-fixing and no-poaching agreements following recent amendments to the Competition Act. In June 2022, the …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeatured
City of Toronto manager’s ‘Are you here again?’ query was not workplace harassment: Arbitrator
“Are you here again?” That response, from a manager, was part of a workplace harassment grievance involving the City of Toronto and a unionized employee with Local 79 of the …
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Stuart Rudner of Rudner Law is joined by Frank Newman and Brian Epstein of Newman HR. They talk through downsizing and layoffs and discuss how to navigate these situations safely …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeaturedJust Cause
LTC worker fired for stealing PPE, towels and reselling them in the Philippines
An Ontario employer has lost its bid to alter the grounds for firing a unionized worker after it said new evidence came to light during the arbitration hearing. King Nursing …
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Constructive DismissalFeatured
Concrete worker awarded $2,500 after being called ape, monkey by co-worker
A concrete worker in British Columbia has been awarded $2,500 in human rights damages after being called a monkey and an ape by a colleague. But the B.C. Human Rights …
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FeaturedWrongful Dismissal
Heavy-duty mechanic, kept on payroll beyond working notice period, wins wrongful dismissal
What happens if you give an employee working notice, and then keep the worker on the payroll past the termination date? For one Alberta employer, it meant the working notice …
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Legal News
Burchells LLP to join practices with Wickwire Holm and Blois, Nickerson & Bryson in Halifax
By Burchell Wickwire Bryson LLP. There’s soon to be a new law firm in town. On January 1, 2023, Burchells LLP, Wickwire Holm, and Blois, Nickerson & Bryson LLP joined …
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Workplace Legislation/Press Releases
Government of Canada files complaint against PSAC for breaching duty to bargain in good faith
By Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat Today, the Government of Canada filed a complaint with the Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board (FPSLREB) against the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) for …
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A remote worker in British Columbia, fired for cause, has been ordered to pay her employer more than $2,600 for time theft after software proved she claimed to be working …