Employment Law Blog

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.

Are you an Employment Lawyer looking for analysis on the latest case law in Alberta? You are in the right place! This employment law blog contains summary and analysis of most important case law in Alberta. It is easily searchable by precise date and keyword, with the option to search by more general categories as well.

NOTE: If you are only looking for legal highlights and more general employment law information, a better place to start is on our Resources pages.

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Latest Employment Law News Articles & Research

What are Fiduciary Employees Responsible For in Alberta?

April 2, 2024

Penn v St. Stephen’s College, 2024 ABCA 99 describes an individual’s entitlement to procedural fairness in the context of a...

October 2, 2023

In Buchanan v. Weiss-Johnson Sheet Metal Ltd., 2023 ABCJ 207, an employer terminated its employee for cause for refusing to...

June 26, 2023

Webber Academy v Alberta (HRC), 2023 ABCA 194, was the School's Appeal on Competing Statutory Objectives: Secular School and Prayer...

May 1, 2023

Calkins v Broadview Homes (Alberta) Ltd., 2023 AHRC 45 is a human rights case where symptoms triggered a duty to...
Man and woman discussing fixed term employees.

March 13, 2023

In Cunningham v Bims Car Wash, 2023 AHRC 25, the Alberta Human Rights Commission said it had no discretion to...

February 13, 2023

In M Fairbanks PC v TG Michelson PC, 2023 ABKB 53, an injunction application almost succeeded, but there was no...