This blog provides our views on legislative, regulatory and common law rules and developments that affect employment relations, labour-related business practices and human resources policies in British Columbia. It comments on the impacts of unionization, corporate transactions, restructuring, new technologies and alternate work arrangements.
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BC Government introduces new leave of absence protection under Employment Standards Act
Canada - April 10 2018 Many BC employers are aware that the federal government changed the rules regarding pregnancy/maternity and parental leave employment insurance…
New “Employer Health Tax” in British Columbia
Canada - April 4 2018 British Columbia’s government recently announced that the revenues from Medical Services Plan (MSP) premiums, which are to be eliminated effective…
Rejected Job Applicants Obtain Disclosure of Application Records Under Privacy Law
Canada - March 13 2018 The British Columbia Information and Privacy Commissioner (the “Commissioner”) recently ordered Compass Group Canada Ltd., a food, cleaning and…
BC Court of Appeal clarifies employee’s duty to mitigate and necessary deductions for “avoided”, and “avoidable”, loss
Canada - March 8 2018 In Pakozdi v. B & B Heavy Civil Construction Ltd., 2018 BCCA 23, the British Columbia Court of Appeal addressed the treatment of replacement income in…
ONCA Affirms an Offer of Employment by the Purchaser of Business Assets to an Employee of the Seller is Valid Consideration for a New Employment Contract
Canada - February 27 2018 In Krishnamoorthy v. Olympus Canada Inc., 2017 ONCA 873, the Ontario Court of Appeal confirmed that s. 9(1) of the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (the…
BC’s hourly minimum wage will increase (again) effective June 1, 2018
Canada - February 8 2018 This morning, Premier John Horgan announced changes to BC’s minimum wage. The current hourly minimum wage of $11.35 was implemented on September 15…
BCHRT Considers the Duty to Inquire as to the Presence of a Mental Disability
Canada - February 7 2018 Generally, before an employer can be required to accommodate an employee’s mental disability, the employer must know, or ought reasonably to know…
BCCA Issues Guidance on the Role of Unions in the Employee Accommodation Request Process
Canada - January 31 2018 In Telus Communications Inc. v. Telecommunication Workers’ Union, 2017 BCCA 100, the BC Court of Appeal held that the Telecommunications Workers’…
BC Supreme Court Awards Aggravated Damages In The Absence of Medical Evidence
Canada - January 24 2018 In the wrongful dismissal case, Ensign v. Price’s Alarm Systems, 2017 BCSC 2137, the British Columbia Supreme Court made an aggravated damages award…
Keeping an Eye on Employees - Guidance from BC’s Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner
Canada - January 18 2018 As technology becomes more inexpensive, accessible and ubiquitous, we are seeing an increase in employers’ use of surveillance tools. While workplace…
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