A psychiatrist whose provisional licence was cancelled after Northern Health Authority pulled its sponsorship of him has won the right to try again to amend his lawsuit against the health …
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Response Biomedical ex-CEO’s 24-month severance fight heads to trial after summary trial rejected
A former chief executive officer of Vancouver diagnostics company Response Biomedical, who was paid eight weeks’ severance when she was fired, must take her claim for 24 months’ pay to …
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A $100,000 settlement offer from Anglo American Exploration (Canada) was not reasonable because it included nothing for lost wages, the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal has found, allowing a for… …
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PREMIUM New contract offered nothing new, so severance cap fails for fired B.C. moulder technician
A moulder technician fired by Ivor Forest Products after nearly five years is entitled to six months’ pay in lieu of notice, the Supreme Court of British Columbia has ruled, …
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Vancity’s $1.2 million pension move doesn’t sink union’s lawsuit
The BC General Employees’ Union has been granted leave to add a claim for specific performance to its lawsuit against Vancouver City Savings Credit Union over a stalled joint pension …
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A proposed class action alleging Air Canada systemically failed to provide accessibility services to passengers who use wheelchairs has been certified by the Supreme Court of British Columbia, coverin… Free …
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BC arbitrator suspends breathalyzer testing of school assistant
An arbitrator has ordered a British Columbia school district to suspend a medical monitoring program requiring a special education assistant to submit to thrice-daily breathalyzer tests and random uri… Free …
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B.C. father pursuing daughter’s workplace bullying claim after her suicide hits FOI limit
A father whose daughter died by suicide after a dispute over her workers’ compensation claim has been limited to six freedom-of-information requests a year about her former employment, British Columbi… …
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PREMIUM Unifor breached duty of fair representation for BC Transit worker in vaccine fight: Board
A Victoria transit worker whose religious exemption grievance was withdrawn after his own union’s membership voted against sending it to arbitration has won a finding that Unifor breached its duty… …
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B.C. government worker denied request to keep teleworking from Edmonton to care for daughter
A BC Public Service Agency employee seeking to continue working remotely from Edmonton to help care for his daughter has been denied an interim order that would have let him …


