The Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal (WCAT) has upheld a Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB) decision that the employer of a deceased worker is not liable for lost wages beyond those covered …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeatured
Arbitrator orders reinstatement of tugboat deckhand terminated under abandonment clause
An arbitrator has reinstated a deckhand employed by Catherwood Towing Ltd. — a tugboat company in British Columbia — ruling that the company improperly terminated him under a deemed quit/abandonment …
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FeaturedImmigration
Mac’s Convenience Stores found vicariously liable for agent’s breach of fiduciary duty in class action over foreign worker fees
In a ruling of interest to employers using third-party recruiters, the British Columbia Supreme Court has ruled that Mac’s Convenience Stores is vicariously liable for the breach of fiduciary duty …
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A British Columbia court has granted an interlocutory injunction preventing a former owner of dental clinics from engaging in competitive business activities, enforcing the non-competition and non-solicitation clauses agreed upon …
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FeaturedWrongful Dismissal
B.C. court denies minority shareholder’s bid to liquidate commercial printing company after his dismissal
A recent ruling by the Supreme Court of British Columbia has significant implications for minority shareholders who are also employees, as the court denied an application to liquidate Mitchell Press …
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FeaturedWrongful Dismissal
Bookkeeper with three decades tenure awarded 18 months’ notice for wrongful dismissal by B.C. court
Hapnin Enterprises did not have just cause to terminate a long-standing employee, the B.C. Supreme Court has ruled — awarding her 18 months’ notice for wrongful dismissal after nearly three …
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Featured
Fly-in/fly-out worker at Kitimat LNG project, banned from lodge for cannabis possession, will get hearing: B.C. tribunal
The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal has permitted a disability discrimination complaint to move forward after a fly-in/fly-out worker on the LNG Canada Project in Kitimat was found with marijuana in …
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FeaturedSexual Harassment
Tribunal clears path for Middle Eastern woman’s complaint over racist slurs, sexist comments in B.C. workplace
A workplace discrimination complaint, filed by a woman of Middle Eastern descent and a non-practicing Muslim, is proceeding to a full hearing after the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal denied …
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FeaturedSexual Harassment
Harassment complaint against Power Flagging & Traffic Control and IBEW to proceed, B.C. tribunal rules
An application to dismiss a sexual harassment complaint filed by a former traffic controller against Power Flagging & Traffic Control Inc., her union, and a co-worker has been denied by …
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AccommodationFeatured
B.C. tribunal allows disability discrimination complaint over mask policy at artisan market to proceed
An application to dismiss a disability discrimination complaint has been denied by the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal, allowing a claim against Civeo Corporation to proceed to a hearing after …
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