A former associate at Calgary law firm Grey Wowk Spencer can’t pursue her gender discrimination complaint against one of the firm’s partners personally, the Alberta Human Rights Commission has ruled. …
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Trucking firm can’t recoup hiring costs after new driver refuses Calgary route
A long-haul driver who backed out of a new trucking job after being assigned a Calgary run does not have to repay $2,782.35 in hiring expenses to O.J. Ventures, the …
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A Calgary truck driver who used a friend’s company truck to make local contacts and build his own business was a contractor, not an employee, the Alberta Labour Relations Board …
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Tourism Calgary worker’s notice tied to 1997, not 1987, as court awards 27 months
A Tourism Calgary worker who spent 37 years with the organization before being terminated without cause is entitled to 27 months’ notice rather than the 36 months she sought, the …
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Calgary transit worker loses duty of fair rep fight with ATU over six weeks’ vacation pay
A Calgary transit worker who believed he was owed an extra six weeks of vacation pay when he retired has had his complaint against his union dismissed by the Alberta …
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Our FavouritesWrongful Dismissal
Calgary energy company ordered to pay fired CFO nearly $70K, including aggravated damages
A Calgary energy services company has been ordered to pay its former chief financial officer $69,771.84, including $30,000 in aggravated damages, after the court found the company acted in bad …
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PREMIUM Two Calgary auto dealership managers steered into constructive dismissal by pay cut, longer hours
Two finance and insurance managers at a Calgary car dealership were constructively dismissed after their employer cut their commission structure and increased their work hours without notice, the Court of… …
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A Calgary restaurant’s bid to reduce a $5,480.53 overtime and vacation pay order has failed after the Alberta Labour Relations Board, sitting as an employment standards appeal body, found the …
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Our FavouritesWrongful Dismissal
Newly Institute ordered to pay former chief scientific officer $300K for wrongful dismissal
A former chief scientific officer at the Newly Institute has been awarded $300,000 in wrongful dismissal damages, plus interest, by the Court of King’s Bench of Alberta. The executive had …
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A Calgary sonographer’s civil claim seeking $64,166.67 in wrongful dismissal damages against EFW Radiology has been dismissed by the Alberta Court of Justice, which found her employment contract was f… …

