Alberta Human Rights Tribunal Awards Employee $650,000 – Kelly McDermott

Facts On one unfortunate day in July 2017, a 15-year-old boy drowned while swimming in a lake on a school…

By: Landon Young and Jessica Young Does a terminated employee have a duty to accept an offer of re-employment after termination? This issue…

It is common practice for employers to offer departing employees, who are being terminated without cause, a separation package in…

In another twist in the rapidly developing area of family status discrimination law, the Federal Court of Appeal recently released…

In Klonteig v West Kelowna (District), the British Columbia Superior Court found that an employer that terminated a firefighter for driving…

The tragic deaths of four workers at a Toronto construction site on December 24, 2009 quickly became one of the…

In a recent decision, the Alberta Court of Appeal strongly affirmed employers’ right to terminate employees without cause, and without…

Read the Daily Commercial News’s report on Ryan Conlin’s presentation at this year’s Partners in Prevention occupational health and safety…

In April of 2009, a little known law called the Apology Act (the “Act”) entered into force.  A very short act, it primarily…

Ryan Conlin A recent sentencing decision involving the owner of a small roofing company suggests that the Courts may be…

The Ontario Labour Relations Board (the “Board”) has issued a landmark decision which clears the path for Foodora couriers to…

Date: Dec 06, 2021 Vaccine mandates have been legally and politically controversial in Canada and around the world. We are…

Allison Taylor discusses progressive discipline and termination for employee misconduct.

Since the early 1980s, plaintiffs have been precluded from bringing court actions solely predicated on suffering discrimination or harassment under…