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As part of Bow River Law LLP‘s commitment to legal excellence, we are often doing research and updating our knowledge in the law. In service of the public and profession, we then write legal blogs and news articles and post them here for your perusal.

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Another 24 Month Severance Award In Alberta

By Joel Fairbrother

March 14, 2022

In Oostlander v Cervus, 2022 ABQB 200, the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench awarded 24 months' severance to a non-management...

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verigen v ensemble

COVID Economic Downturn Not Frustration of Employment Contract

By Joel Fairbrother

March 7, 2022

Verigen v Ensemble Travel, 2021 BCSC 1934, is a new case where an employer had to pay severance despite decline...

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Zarooben Case

WCB Drops the Ball In Zarooben Case

By Joel Fairbrother

February 28, 2022

Zarooben v WCB is a new Alberta Court of Appeal case which determined that the WCB had improperly weighed medical...

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Employer Discriminates Regarding Gender Pronouns

By Joel Fairbrother

February 21, 2022

Nelson v Goodberry, 2021 BCHRT 137 is a human rights case where an employer discriminated by refusing to use an...

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Employer Not Allowed to Play Dumb on Resignation

Employer Not Allowed to Play Dumb on Resignation

By Joel Fairbrother

February 15, 2022

In First Choice Collision v Talbot, the Alberta employment standards appeal tribunal rejected an employer's argument that the employee had...

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The Human Rights Accommodation Two-Way Street

By Joel Fairbrother

February 9, 2022

In Zupcic v Saputo, 2022 AHRC 13, termination of employment was not discriminatory where a disabled employee did not do...

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