A Vancouver-based restaurant company has been fined $55,000 after a worker was assaulted by a patron at its London, Ont. location and the employer failed to have proper workplace violence …
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🔒Vancouver Police Board ordered to pay $30,000 to officer over harassment complaint handling
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FeaturedWrongful Dismissal
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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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeatured
B.C. court upholds order blocking Gate Gourmet from using out-of-province workers during Vancouver airport strike
The B.C. Court of Appeal has upheld a labour relations board order that prevented Gate Gourmet Canada Inc. from using workers at its Alberta and Ontario operations to perform catering …
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Constructive DismissalFeatured
Former principal not constructively dismissed, B.C. court rules in private school dispute
The B.C. Supreme Court has dismissed a wrongful dismissal claim brought by a longtime private school principal who alleged he had been constructively dismissed when the school hired a new …
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The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal has denied Vancouver City Savings Credit Union’s request for disclosure of legal advice documents from a former employee at the screening stage of her …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeaturedJust Cause
Arbitrator upholds firing of Vancouver Airport cleaner who took passenger’s jacket
An arbitrator has upheld the dismissal of a cleaner who took a passenger’s jacket home from a restricted food court area at Vancouver Airport and did not return it for …
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FeaturedSexual Harassment
B.C.’s top court upholds dismissal of human rights ruling involving former PNE worker who alleged harassment, discrimination
The British Columbia Court of Appeal has upheld a decision by the BC Human Rights Tribunal that dismissed a discrimination complaint filed by a worker against her former employer, Pacific …
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FeaturedPrivacy
Former City of Vancouver worker’s request to hide her identity in disability complaint rejected by tribunal
The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal has denied a former City of Vancouver employee’s request to have her identity anonymized in her ongoing case against the city, ruling that her …
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Opinion/CommentaryPrivacy
Workers who file legal complaints should not be allowed to hide their identity, barring exceptional circumstances
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberThe recent decision by the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal in Ng v. City of Vancouver (No.2) highlights an ongoing and contentious debate: the balance between an individual’s right to …

