A worker constructively dismissed by Edmonton Granite Memorials will not receive double costs despite a formal settlement offer that came close to the amount he was eventually awarded at trial, …
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Constructive DismissalSubscriber Content
PREMIUM Two Calgary auto dealership managers steered into constructive dismissal by pay cut, longer hours
Two finance and insurance managers at a Calgary car dealership were constructively dismissed after their employer cut their commission structure and increased their work hours without notice, the Court of… …
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B.C. government worker denied request to keep teleworking from Edmonton to care for daughter
A BC Public Service Agency employee seeking to continue working remotely from Edmonton to help care for his daughter has been denied an interim order that would have let him …
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Subscriber ContentWrongful Dismissal
PREMIUM Working notice, then disability: Alberta court says damages fight isn’t over for worker with arthritis
A worker who became disabled during a 13-month working notice period is entitled to a trial on whether his long-term disability benefits should reduce his wrongful dismissal damages, the Court… …
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A worker who said he put in 12-hour days, seven days a week at an Edson, Alta., RV park has lost his overtime claim, with the Alberta Employment Standards Appeal …
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FeaturedImmigration
Circle K supervisor on closed work permit found inadmissible to Canada over side cleaning business
A retail supervisor who started a janitorial services business with his cousin while holding a closed work permit has been found inadmissible to Canada, after the Federal Court upheld an …
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A job applicant’s human rights complaint against Sirkit Ltd. has been dismissed after technical problems disrupted three attempts at a virtual interview, a member of the Alberta Human Rights Commissio… …
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A Calgary restaurant’s bid to reduce a $5,480.53 overtime and vacation pay order has failed after the Alberta Labour Relations Board, sitting as an employment standards appeal body, found the …
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Occupational Health & SafetySubscriber Content
PREMIUM Worker who fuelled family member’s car using employer’s gas card loses disability benefits
An Alberta driver who used his employer’s fuel card to put gas in a family member’s car has lost his entitlement to full wage-loss benefits, after the Appeals Commission for… …
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Alberta lifeguard’s religious objection to paying union dues rejected
A casual lifeguard hired by the Town of Ponoka has had her bid to be exempted from paying union dues on religious grounds dismissed by the Alberta Labour Relations Board. …


