A financial adviser who lost his wrongful dismissal lawsuit against Investors Group (IG) after turning down four settlement offers, the largest worth $650,000, must pay the company double costs from… …
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PREMIUM B.C. mill worker convicted of stabbing colleague over pinched finger
A maintenance contractor who stabbed a co-worker at least five times inside a waste conveyor at a Fort St. John, B.C., mill, seconds after pinching his finger on a heavy… …
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PREMIUM BC Hydro engineer’s ‘buyer’s remorse’ can’t undo $120,000 settlement
A former BC Hydro senior engineer who tried to back out of a $120,000 settlement over a dispute about her pension is bound by the deal, the Supreme Court of… …
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Failed WorkSafeBC claim doesn’t sink Island Health pharmacy assistant’s discrimination complaint
A former hospital pharmacy assistant who alleges a co-worker told her “If we came to your country your people would kill us, but your people come here and get our …
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Two consultants who moved to Colombia to work on cannabis cultivation operations that were never built will recover part of their legal costs at a higher rate. The Supreme Court …
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Best Buy Canada has lost its bid to overturn a wage loss award to a worker it fired because of his disability. The retailer had argued that a $17,000 settlement… …
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A worker at the Red Chris mine in northern British Columbia spent almost two years on modified duties after a hand and arm injury, and permanent restrictions then left him …
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PREMIUM Whole Foods worker’s untranslated performance reviews not discriminatory, tribunal rules
A probationary Whole Foods Market employee who was fired after failing three performance reviews in just over two months has lost her race and disability discrimination complaint. The British Columbia… …
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Black pipeline welder can pursue race complaint against firm whose managers signed his termination
A Black welder who says he faced racist comments and imagery while working on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion can pursue his discrimination complaint against Bonatti Canada Construction and the …
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A former Coast Mountain Bus Company employee who asked for their full work history won’t see most of the notes labour relations advisers made while coaching supervisors on how to …

