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

AHRT: Employer Requiring Medical Docs for RTW Not Discrimination

By Joel Fairbrother

October 17, 2022

Hansen v City of Calgary, 2022 AHRC 112 is an Alberta human rights case where an employee unsuccessfully argued failure...

Categories: Discrimination | Human Rights

$5k In Costs Awarded in Human Rights for Poor Litigation Conduct

By Joel Fairbrother

August 15, 2022

Fisher v Devolbren, 2022 AHRC 79 is a new Alberta Human Rights case where an employer tried to use intimate...

Categories: Good Faith | Human Rights

Alberta Skip Driver Wins Discrimination Claim Against Restaurant

By Joel Fairbrother

August 2, 2022

In Haverluck, 2022 AHRC 75 a Skip driver won a discrimination complaint against Burger Boy after it refused to give...

Categories: Disability | Discrimination | Human Rights

Employee Wins Despite Corporate Shell Game

By Joel Fairbrother

June 27, 2022

In Wisser v CEM International, 2022 ABQB 414, an employee was able to hold a related corporation and directors personally...

Categories: Employment Contracts | Employment Law | Wrongful Dismissal

Old Evidence of Miscarriage Allowed to Establish Disability In Alberta

By Bow River Law

May 23, 2022

In Jackson v Maskwacis Ambulance, 2022 AHRC 53, an employer argued evidence about a miscarriage should be barred for being...

Categories: Disability | Discrimination | Human Rights

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...

Categories: Severance | Wrongful Dismissal