October 28, 2015 Legal News $75,000 Injury to Dignity Award Patently Unreasonable On judicial review, the British Columbia Supreme Court recently overturned the injury to dignity portion of a decision of the BC Human Rights Tribunal. That decision upheld a complaint of discrimination based on the ground of mental disability. The complainant…
October 6, 2015 Legal News Duty to Mitigate Not Implied into Contractual Severance Clause Employers may be interested in reviewing and updating their employment contracts in light of the British Columbia Court of Appeal decision in Maxwell v. British Columbia, 2014 BCCA 339. In Maxwell, the Court confirmed that where a written employment contract…
October 1, 2015 Legal News Time Off for Voting on Federal Election Day: October 19, 2015 The Canada Elections Act (the “Act”) states that everyone who is eligible to vote in a federal election is entitled to three consecutive hours during voting hours to cast their ballot on election day. In British Columbia, polls are open…
September 21, 2015 Legal News Summary Dismissal for Accessing Confidential Document Stands On September 17, 2015, the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed a terminated employee’s application for leave to appeal. In the underlying decision (discussed in an earlier article posted here), the BC Court of Appeal upheld the summary dismissal of a…
September 17, 2015 Legal News Increases to BC Minimum Wage Now in Effect As of September 15, 2015, the minimum wage payable in British Columbia is $10.45 per hour pursuant to the Employment Standards Regulation 396/95. The statutory amendment also provides for a number of other increases including: The minimum hourly wage rate…
September 17, 2015 Legal News Family Status Includes Eldercare Obligations under Canadian Human Rights Act The Federal Court recently confirmed that the prohibited discrimination ground of “family status” under the Canadian Human Rights Act includes eldercare obligations. An employee, Mr. Hicks, held a position with Human Resources and Skills Development Canada in Nova Scotia. When…
