British Columbia
British Columbia Arbitrator Reinstates Firefighter Convicted of Possession of Stolen Boat
BC Minimum Wage Increase Now in Effect
B.C. and Canada Adopting Gender Identity and Gender Expression Human Rights Protections
Your Partners Are Not Your Employees: Supreme Court of Canada Clarifies the Application of the Control/Dependency Test
In 2009, John McCormick, an equity partner in the law firm Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP (the “Firm”) filed a complaint […]
Contract Requiring Ex-Employee to Compensate Former Employer for Competing Ruled Enforceable in British Columbia
A recent decision of the B.C. Court of Appeal has endorsed a novel approach to post-employment competition by upholding an […]
Wither ‘Big Brother’? B.C. Privacy Commissioner Reins-in Government of British Columbia Criminal Record Checks
In keeping with her stance on overly-invasive employee background checks, British Columbia’s Information and Privacy Commissioner, Elizabeth Denham, has issued […]
Human Rights Tribunal Has No Jurisdiction to Hear Equity Partner’s Human Rights Complaint in British Columbia
The British Columbia Court of Appeal has unanimously held that the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal did not have jurisdiction […]
Proposed New Limitation Period in British Columbia Announced
Bill 34 has been introduced in the British Columbia legislature to establish, for most claims, a basic limitation period of […]
Minimum wage goes up in British Columbia
The general minimum wage in British Columbia will be increasing from $9.50 per hour to $10.25 per hour on May […]
Are Pension Benefits Deductible from Damages for Wrongful Dismissal?
The Supreme Court of Canada has granted leave to hear the case of Richard Waterman v. IBM Canada Limited,2011 BCCA […]
Employer’s Changes to Retiree Benefit Coverage Struck Down by B.C. Court
A recent Supreme Court of British Columbia case raises the issue of whether employers may unilaterally change the terms of […]