First Nations Operated Society Within Provincial Jurisdiction

IN THE MATTER OF AN UNJUST DISMISSAL COMPLAINT UNDER PART III OF THE CANADA LABOUR CODE BETWEEN   ANITA X COMPLAINANT AND Y SOCIETY   RESPONDENT   ADJUDICATOR:      Ib S. Petersen FILE NO.:                  YM2707-11653 HEARING DATE:     November 3 and...

EMPLOYER COVID POLICIES – ENFORCEABLE OR NOT

COVID POLICIES –   As my good friend and colleague, Howard Levitt, a senior Toronto based employment lawyer, wrote in the national Post on November 13, 2021, lawyers should approach dismissals based on provincial vaccine mandates and employer policies with...

TOP COURTS LIMITS ACCESS TO HUMAN RIGHTS FOR UNIONIZED EMPLOYEES

Northern Regional Health Authority v. Horrocks, 2021 SCC 42 (CanLII): Part of the Court’s (the majority) wrongheaded reasoning is the reliance on the so-called duty of fair representation to mitigate the limitations on individual human rights: “[36]     ...

Long-Term Employee Fired for Dishonesty – Upheld

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Citation: Carleton v. North Island Brewing Corporation, 2017 BCSC 1133   Between: Fern Deirdre Carleton Plaintiff And North Island Brewing Corporation Defendant Before: The Honourable Mr. Justice Baird   Reasons for...