“You’re Fired” – What to Consider Before Terminating for Just Cause
If an employer terminates an employee for “just cause”, the employee is not entitled to notice of termination or pay in lieu of notice. ...
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- Feb 17, 2021
- 3 min
Sometimes it’s Personal - Director and Officer Liability for Employee Wages
It’s a fundamental building block of Canadian law that a corporation is a separate legal entity from its directors, officers and...
- Aug 8, 2020
- 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...
- Jul 23, 2020
- 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...
- Jul 22, 2020
- 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...
- May 1, 2020
- 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, 2020
- 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...
- Mar 28, 2020
- 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...
- Mar 25, 2020
- 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, 2020
- 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...
- 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...