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PREMIUM Vancouver Police Board ordered to pay $30,000 to officer over harassment complaint handling
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B.C. proposes 27 weeks of job-protected medical leave for workers with serious illness
British Columbia employers will need to hold positions for up to 27 weeks for employees recovering from serious illness or injury under proposed amendments to the Employment Standards Act announced …
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Subscriber ContentWrongful Dismissal
PREMIUM B.C. court rules executive’s $450K settlement with Xos enforceable, adds punitive damages
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Bad hair day for Triple Hair as B.C. court orders $103K payout to former biotech executive
The Supreme Court of British Columbia has ordered biotechnology firm Triple Hair Group to pay more than $103,000 to a former executive who was wrongfully dismissed and underpaid during his …
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B.C. court refuses union’s bid to adjourn wrongful dismissal trial over unfinalized pleadings
The B.C. Supreme Court has refused to adjourn a wrongful dismissal trial scheduled for next year, rejecting a union’s argument that amended pleadings must be finalized before the case can …
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B.C. court rejects summary trial for flight controller fired after Vancouver airport gate incident
A B.C. Supreme Court judge has refused to hear a flight controller’s wrongful dismissal claim by summary trial, finding that two diametrically opposed versions of a workplace altercation require a …
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British Columbia has introduced legislation to make online versions of provincial laws official for evidentiary purposes in court and other legal proceedings. The change aims to modernize access to le… …
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Northern Health breached contract in chief respiratory therapist hiring, B.C. arbitrator rules
The Northern Health Authority failed to follow the collective agreement when it awarded a chief respiratory therapist position at the University Hospital of Northern British Columbia, an arbitrator ha… Free …
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FeaturedMental HealthOccupational Health & Safety
B.C. Court of Appeal dismisses judicial review appeal filed three years late by terminated powerline technician
The British Columbia Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by a former powerline technician who attempted to challenge a Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal decision rejecting his mental disorder … …


