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Federally Regulated Employers: Accommodation of Child Care Obligations

Federally regulated employers will want to be aware of a recent decision of the Federal Court upholding a Canadian Human Rights Tribunal decision on accommodation of child care obligations. The Tribunal determined that family status captures an employee’s child care…

Family Status and Human Rights in BC

Arecent decision of the BC Human Rights Tribunal serves to illustrate the confusionfacing employers attempting to determine their accommodation obligations whenit comes to family status complaints. Anemployee was terminated after he asked for time off to take his child to…

Fiduciary Responsibility of Departing Employees

The Alberta Court of Appeal recentlyreleased a decision that clarifies when an employee will owe a fiduciary dutyto their employer. One of the issues before the Court was whether an employee owedhis employer (TSC) an obligation not to solicit the…

SCC Reverses Indalex Decision

On the eve ofGroundhog Day the Supreme Court of Canada recognized the long shadow of trouble castby the Ontario Court of Appeal’s decision in Re Indalex Limited, reversing what many in the pension and insolvencyindustries viewed as an overreaching decision…

Union Pension Plans Information Accessed by Industry Association

A recent decision of the AssistantInformation & Privacy Commissioner of BC may be of interest to employers orrelated associations wanting access to information about the financial statusof union-sponsored pension plans. Such information might prove valuable whenestablishing competitive retirement arrangements or…

Canada Labour Code Amendments Passed

The Government of Canada recently amendedthe Canada Labour Code as part of itsomnibus budget implementation bill, Bill C-45. The bill, titled the Jobs and Growth Act 2012, was firstintroduced in October, and received Royal Assent on December 14, 2012. The…