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.

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Latest Employment Law News Articles & Research

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

Gender (Female) A Factor In Big Alberta Severance Award

By Bow River Law

November 10, 2021

Cordeau-Chatelain is a new Alberta case where a middle manager was awarded 18 months reasonable notice severance, in part because...

Categories: Incentive Pay | Severance | Wrongful Dismissal

The Matthews Hammer Swings Again: Termination Clause Ignored

By Joel Fairbrother

October 12, 2021

Humphrey v Mene is a new Ontario case where a termination clause was invalidated in part because of an employer...

Categories: Employment Contracts | Good Faith | Just Cause

Any Sexual Assault Very Serious- Dupont Case Overturned

By Joel Fairbrother

August 23, 2021

ABQB said the trial judge analysis should have started with a finding that sexual assault is always at the higher...

Categories: Harassment | Just Cause