October 28, 2015 Firm News Harris Recognized as Leading Labour & Employment Firm in The Legal 500 Canada 2016 Harris is proud to be recognized as a leading firm in the 2016 edition of The Legal 500 Canada in the area of labour and employment law. We are also pleased to announce Eric Harris, Q.C. and Gavin Hume, Q.C. were also ranked…
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 9, 2015 Firm News Harris Ranked as Leading Employment & Labour Law Firm in Chambers Canada 2016 Harris has been ranked as a leading law firm in Employment & Labour Law in the inaugural edition of Chambers Canada. Particularly recognized for the strength and depth of our bench, expertise in management-side employment and labour law, and adeptness…
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…
