A chef at a remote back-country ski lodge in British Columbia was told not to come in to work and not talk to his team after returning from a medical …
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Employment ContractsFeaturedWrongful Dismissal
Worker who made PowerPoint pitch to bosses for a new job fired by Zoom
It’s the case of the office applications: A sales manager who used PowerPoint to lobby her bosses for a new job was fired by Zoom after her pitch was refused. …
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Employment ContractsFeatured
Movie sound engineer entitled to keep $2,000 downpayment in dispute over work quality
A sound engineer was entitled to keep a $2,000 down payment for audio work on a movie, a British Columbia tribunal has ruled, despite the fact the company that hired …
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Vancouver hotel worker, sent packing during pandemic, awarded 18 months’ notice
A long-term worker who lost his job at a Vancouver hotel at the start of the pandemic as business collapsed has been awarded 18 months’ notice for wrongful dismissal. Angelo …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeaturedOccupational Health & Safety
B.C. rail worker who disabled ‘deadman’s switch’ with tape awarded his job back
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberA rail maintenance worker in B.C. was awarded his job back after being fired for what his employer considered a major breach of safety protocol. Ramon Quiambao was a guideway …
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Small Claims CourtWrongful Dismissal
B.C. woman awarded $533 in small-claims court wrongful dismissal lawsuit
Not every wrongful dismissal case involves six-figure amounts or sets a new precedent. A recent case out of a British Columbia smalls claim court is interesting from the angle of …
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RecommendedWrongful Dismissal
Cathay Pacific manager awarded $170K after losing job during COVID-19 pandemic
A former employee at Cathay Pacific Airways has been awarded nearly $170,000 in wrongful dismissal damages by the Supreme Court of British Columbia after her employment was terminated. Frances Okano, …
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B.C. court says wrongful dismissal case involving RBC manager should be tried in Hong Kong
The Supreme Court of British Columbia has ruled that a court in Hong Kong is a more appropriate venue for a wrongful dismissal case against the Royal Bank of Canada. …