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

April 25, 2022

In Abay v CLAC, 2022 (ALRB), the CLAC union was found to have breached its Duty of Fair Representation to...
Worker that has been injured and harassed by his employers

January 12, 2022

Just cause for termination found respecting an Alberta employee who scavenged bottles and then ignored a direction to properly get...

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November 22, 2021

Ontario arbitration case found that an employer had to pay for rapid antigen tests for its unvaccinated employees....

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November 15, 2021

UFCW v Paragon is a new Ontario decision where an arbitrator found that a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy imposed by...

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A woman who is stressed out because of covid-19 lay-offs and dismissals

November 2, 2021

Horrocks (2021 SCC 42) deals with concurrent jurisdiction of labour arbitrators and human rights commissions for human rights matters in...
Professor of a university sitting on a desk

September 15, 2021

An Associate Professor who was denied promotion to full Professor appealed Brandon University's denial decision to court and had it...