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

COVID Economic Downturn Not Frustration of Employment Contract

By Joel Fairbrother

March 7, 2022

Verigen v Ensemble Travel, 2021 BCSC 1934, is a new case where an employer had to pay severance despite decline...

Categories: COVID-19 | Severance | Wrongful Dismissal

The Human Rights Accommodation Two-Way Street

By Joel Fairbrother

February 9, 2022

In Zupcic v Saputo, 2022 AHRC 13, termination of employment was not discriminatory where a disabled employee did not do...

Categories: Discrimination | 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

Dismissal Due to Budget Cuts Can Still Be Discrimination

By Joel Fairbrother

September 2, 2021

A disabled employee was dismissed due to budget cuts, but the CHRT found that the dismissal was also discriminatory and...

Categories: Discrimination | Human Rights

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

Union Didn’t Realize Employee Fired = Breach of DFR

By Bow River Law

August 17, 2021

UFCW did not realize a union member had been terminated, and they failed to grieve it. ALRB ruled it was...

Categories: Duty of Fair Representation | Labour