Employment Law Blog

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Just Cause for Dismissal Found for Recycling Scavenger

By Joel Fairbrother

January 12, 2022

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

Categories: Just Cause | Labour

Defective Release Found to Prevent Human Rights Complaint

By Joel Fairbrother

January 4, 2022

An employee signed a release which was arguably problematic, but he was still prevented from bringing an Alberta human rights...

Categories: Discrimination | Employment Contracts | Human Rights

3 Months Severance and $10k Damages for 17 Year Old Dishwasher

By Joel Fairbrother

December 21, 2021

Bass v Boston Pizza, 2021 ABPC 315 is a new Alberta decision where the employer's just cause argument failed and...

Categories: Just Cause | Severance | Wrongful Dismissal

Fixed-Term Fiasco: Rice v Shell (ABCA)

By Sarah Coderre

December 16, 2021

In Rice v Shell, the Alberta Court of Appeal upheld a large severance award based on the employee being on...

Categories: Employment Contracts | Employment Law | Severance

Rude Texts Used to Find After-Acquired Just Cause

By Joel Fairbrother

December 7, 2021

Golob v Fort St. John is a BC case where a court found just cause for termination in part due...

Categories: Just Cause | Workplace Investigations

Employers Do Not Always Have to Inquire About Mental Disability

By Joel Fairbrother

November 30, 2021

In Cliff v HMQ Alberta, an employer was not required to have inquired about a mental disability prior to seeking...

Categories: Discrimination | Human Rights