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May 2007

Teaching Profession (Teacher Registration) Amendment Act Passes

The Teaching Profession (Teacher Registration) Amendment Act (Bill 21) passed third reading on May 15, 2007. As we reported earlier this year, Bill 21 amends the Teaching Profession Act to require the College of Teachers to maintain a publicly-accessible online…

Public Sector Privacy Legislation Amended

Proposed amendments to the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act have been introduced in the BC Legislature. Bill 25, which is currently at First Reading, proposes the following significant amendments: An order by the Privacy Commissioner may be…

Harassment Claim Outside BC Supreme Court’s Jurisdiction

A depot support clerk employed by Purolater Courier filed a complaint under the Canada Labour Code alleging that she had been harassed by two managers. When the Canada Industrial Relations Board dismissed the complaint, the employee filed a grievance under…

Assignment of Work to Affiliated Company Not ‘Contracting Out’

The employer, the Vancouver branch of a North American trucking company, justified the dispatch of hauling work to U.S. based drivers employed by its Tacoma, Washington branch on the basis that the assignment was an internal transfer of work between…

Contaminated Chocolates Did Not Justify Dismissal

The British Columbia Court of Appeal recently put a radio reporter back to work after he sent a critic a box of chocolates that the reporter had contaminated with dirt and raw chicken. The victim was the head of an…

Developments in Federal Replacement Worker Legislation

Bill C-257, which would have made it illegal for federally regulated employers to use replacement workers during strikes and lockouts, was defeated March 21, 2007 on third reading in Parliament by a vote of 177-122. The controversial bill had been…

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