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Aug 8
3 min

Prohibited Action Complaints to WorkSafeBC – Employers, Tread Carefully, and Be Informed in Advance

Prohibited Action Complaints (PACs) by employees to WorkSafeBC have become increasingly common. PACs are notoriously difficult to defend...

Jul 23
3 min

When the Road Ends – Calculating Severance Due Upon Termination

As employment lawyers, we spend a lot of time with our employer clients to ensure they understand their obligations to employees upon ter...

Jul 22
3 min

Probationary Periods - Perils and Pitfalls

There is often a lack of clarity about how employers can implement and use ‘probationary’ periods, and whether having a probationary clau...

May 1
3 min

Unions are Employers, Too

If asked about the role of a union, most people first think of a union as a champion for employees, and an adversary of employers. Unions...

Apr 2
2 min

Update! Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy

Our previous blog advised of Prime Minister Trudeau's announcement of a 75% wage subsidy to help businesses affected by the COVID-19 pand...

Mar 28
1 min

Some Relief in Sight? 75% Wage Subsidy for Small-Medium Businesses

The ongoing uncertainty from the COVID-19 pandemic continues to keep Canadians up at night. Many business owners breathed a sigh of relie...

Mar 25
1 min

I Can't Get EI - Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB)

Our blog post from two days ago described the expected federal initiatives to assist working Canadians, including the self-employed, who ...

Mar 24
2 min

I Can't Get EI - Now What?

* DUE TO QUICKLY EVOLVING CIRCUMSTANCES, the information in the post below should be read in combination with our update, HERE. There are...

Jan 10, 2019
4 min

Cannabis at Work - How Do We Deal?

Although recreational cannabis was just legalized in Canada (in October of 2018), dealing with cannabis in the workplace is not entirely ...

Mar 6, 2018
3 min

Spot the Difference: Contractor or Employee?

More and more, companies are using contractors instead of employees, for many reasons. From the company's perspective, it may want to avo...

Feb 14, 2018
4 min

6 Strategies to Improve Your Workplace Investigations

The purpose of an investigation, at its core, is simply to find out what happened. It gives an organization the factual basis to make a d...

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