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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeaturedJust Cause
BC SPCA officer fired for posting violent confrontation to Instagram, secretly recording disciplinary meeting
An arbitrator has ruled that the BC Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was justified in firing an officer who posted images of an off-duty, violent confrontation with …
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Occupational Health & SafetyWorkplace News
B.C. construction company goes to trial 12 years after worker’s death
By Isaac Phan Nay | The Tyee More than 12 years after a B.C. construction worker was killed on the job, his employer and the foreman for the work crew are on trial …
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FeaturedOccupational Health & SafetyWorkplace Investigations
B.C. court dismisses worker’s challenge over workplace harassment investigation into mobbing complaint
A British Columbia court has dismissed a worker’s attempt to overturn a WorkSafeBC decision that deemed her employer’s followup investigation into a mobbing complaint sufficient and decided no penalti… Free …
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Harris, a workplace law firm, has announced the addition of David Penner and Amanda Alberti to its partnership, effective Jan. 1, 2025. David Penner, who joined the firm in 2022, …
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FeaturedWrongful Dismissal
Court adjourns wrongful dismissal and harassment trial pending workers’ comp determination
A wrongful dismissal and sexual harassment trial involving allegations of assault and disputed financial transactions between a former employee and employer has been adjourned by the Supreme Court of … …
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Featured
Métis filmmaker’s discrimination complaint against Motion Picture Production Association of B.C. dismissed
A human rights tribunal has dismissed a complaint filed by a Métis filmmaker against the Motion Picture Production Industry Association of BC (MPPIA). The filmmaker, B.M., alleged that MPPIA discrim… …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeaturedPrivacy
Forestry company in B.C. breached worker privacy with dashcams: Court
By Bob Mackin | Prince George Citizen A division of a forestry and construction company with an office in Prince George lost a review of an arbitrator’s decision that awarded fallers …
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By Isaac Phan Nay, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Advocates are welcoming a rare decision to permanently ban an Okanagan winemaker from the Temporary Foreign Worker Program because of abuses. Bu… Free …
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FeaturedSexual Harassment
B.C. court admonishes WestJet’s ‘potentially adversarial’ approach to producing documents in flight attendants’ class action
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberThe Supreme Court of British Columbia has ordered WestJet to disclose a wider range of harassment complaint files involving flight attendants, ruling that any allegations brought forward by class memb… …

