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FeaturedSexual Harassment
BC tribunal allows worker to add employer to sexual harassment complaint 17 months past deadline
The BC Human Rights Tribunal has allowed a former support worker to add her employer to a sexual harassment complaint nearly two years after the deadline, finding it was in …
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British Columbia employers can no longer ask workers for sick notes for their first two short-term health absences each year under new employment standards rules that took effect Nov. 12. …
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B.C. Court of Appeal dismisses real estate broker’s claim that commission trust account created statutory right to payment
A British Columbia real estate broker who lost a contractual dispute over commission cannot claim the funds were held in a statutory trust for him simply because his employer deposited …
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Subscriber ContentWrongful Dismissal
🔒B.C. winemaker awarded 12 months’ notice after being wrongfully dismissed by new owners
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FeaturedLegal CostsWrongful Dismissal
Bankruptcy doesn’t erase legal costs or damages for B.C. worker in wrongful dismissal case
The Supreme Court of British Columbia has ruled that a former employee of Batten Industries cannot discharge debts owed to her former employer through bankruptcy, including a damages award and …
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FeaturedSexual HarassmentSmall Claims Court
Realtor’s claim for unpaid office fees tossed after tribunal finds it failed to investigate harassment
The Civil Resolution Tribunal of British Columbia has dismissed a $5,000 claim by City Realty against a real estate contractor after finding the company fundamentally breached its agreement by failing… …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeaturedWrongful Dismissal
B.C. court strikes school counsellor’s wrongful dismissal claim, says labour arbitration proper forum
A British Columbia court has struck a wrongful dismissal action brought by a former school counsellor, ruling that her employment-related claims must be resolved through labour arbitration under her u… …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeatured
Worker’s injunction over union dispatch status dismissed by B.C. court as matter for labour board
The Supreme Court of British Columbia has dismissed a worker’s bid for an injunction requiring Ironworkers Local 97 to remove his “non-dispatchable” designation, finding the dispute falls under the ex… …
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A pilot who resigned from SkyLink Express before completing a 12-month employment term has been ordered to repay the airline $3,764.54 for breaching a training bond agreement, the Civil Resolution …