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Employment/Non-unionized workplace
- Executive with 'At Will' Contract Working for Canadian Subsidiary (April 2013)
- Employer Obligations on Election Day (April 2013)
- Flu Season in the Workplace - Newsletter No. 57 (March 2013)
- Privacy, Benefits and Employee Expectations - Newsletter No. 56 (December 2012)
- Tips to Make Your Holiday Party a Success (December 2012)
- Mitigation, Consideration and Litigation - Newsletter No. 55 (September 2012)
- Employee's Duty to Mitigate May Include Taking a Job Offered By the Dismissing Employer (July 2012)
- The Art of Investigating - Newsletter No. 54, (June 2012)
- Resignation – Be Sure to Tread Carefully (March 2012)
- When Employees Leave - Newsletter No. 53, (March 2012)
- Criminal Behaviour and other Off-Duty Conduct - Newsletter No. 52, (July 2011)
- Managing Social Media in the Workplace with Policies (July 2011)
- Restrictive Covenants: One Size Does Not Fit All (June 2011)
- Employer Obligations on Election Day
- Dealing with the Insolent, Insubordinate or Disobedient Employee
- Use of Electronic Devices While Driving (December 2009)
- Detours and Frolics - Exploring Vicarious Liability (Winter 2009)
- Lay-Off in the Non-Union Context and the Duty to Mitigate (October 2009)
- Deconstructing the Duty to Mitigate - A New Tool to Manage Costs (Fall 2009)
- Five Downsizing Pitfalls to Avoid (Summer 2009)
- Cyber Sacking and Severance Liability (Spring 2009)
- (Non)Competing in the the Knowledge Economy (Winter 2008)
- Employer Obligations on Election Day (September and October 2008)
- Macaraeg v. E Care Contact Centers Ltd. (May and June 2008)
- Recovery of Investigation and Prosecution Costs - Expanded (April 2008)
- Recovery of Investigation and Prosecution Costs (March and April 2008)
- Witness Coercion and Intimidation (November and December 2007)
- Class Action Employment Litigation (July 2007)
- Can or Does a Human Rights Violation Ground a Punitive Damages Award in a Wrongful Dismissal Case? (June 2007)
- Potential for Class Action Employment Litigation (April 2007)
- Recent Decisions of Importance in the Area of Employment and Labour Law (February and March 2007)
- Continuing Employee Dishonesty as Grounds for Dismissal (January and February 2007)
- What Happens When Small Business Ignores HR Issues: Five Costly Mistakes to Avoid (Spring 2006)
- Unlawful Interference with Contractual or Economic Relations (2005)
Labour / Unionized workplace
- BC Supreme Court Strikes Down Legislation Limiting Teachers' Bargaining Rights
- Discipline and Discharge in the Facebook Era (March 2011)
- Family Status Accommodation – Expanding Obligations? (December 2010)
- Attendance Management Programs (October 2010)
- Can Employees be required to Submit to Criminal Record Checks? (September 2010)
- The Protection of Collective Bargaining Rights for Farm Workers (July 2010)
- Arbitrator awards $500,000 for "Bad Faith" Termination of Employee (May 2010)
- Use of Electronic Devices While Driving (December 2009)
- Update on Police Record Checks (November 2009)
- Detours and Frolics - Exploring Vicarious Liability (Winter 2009)
- Definition of "Strike" in the Canada Labour Code (September 2009)
- Five Downsizing Pitfalls to Avoid (Summer 2009)
- Court Reverses Human Rights Tribunal Decision on Attendance Management (April and May 2009)
- Regulation of Mid-Contract Strikes (March and April 2009)
- Enforceability of Fines Levied Against Union Members for Crossing a Picket Line (January 2009)
- Addiction No Excuse: Theft Warrants Dismissal (September 19, 2008)
- Employer Obligations on Election Day (September and October 2008)
- Employer's Duty To Accommodate Chronic, Non-Culpable Absenteeism And Employee's Duty To Do His Or Her Work (July and August 2008)
- Witness Coercion and Intimidation (November and December 2007)
- Freedom of Association (June 2007)
- Recent Decisions of Importance in the Area of Employment and Labour Law (February and March 2007)
- Scope of Employer Free Speech (October 2003)
Privacy in the workplace
- Guidelines for Employers Performing Social Media Background Checks (November 2011)
- Managing Social Media in the Workplace with Policies (July 2011)
- Discipline and Discharge in the Facebook Era (March 2011)
- Can Employees be required to Submit to Criminal Record Checks? (September 2010)
- Update on Police Record Checks (November 2009)
Workplace health and safety
- H1N1: Workplace Considerations (October 2009)
- B.C. Court of Appeal Rules Mental Stress Provisions Under Workers' Compensation Scheme to be Unconstitutional (May 2009)
- Workplace Harassment (September 2007)
- 2010 Winter Games Will Stay True to Prevailing Workplace Health and Safety Trends (Winter 2006)
Workplace human rights
- Sexual Harassment in the Wireless Age (April 2011)
- Family Status Accommodation – Expanding Obligations? (December 2010)
- Attendance Management Programs (October 2010)
- Revisiting Elemental Concepts of Human Rights Law (May 2009)
- B.C. Court of Appeal Rules Mental Stress Provisions Under Workers' Compensation Scheme to be Unconstitutional (May 2009)
- Court Reverses Human Rights Tribunal Decision on Attendance Management (April and May 2009)
- Why Metrics Still Need a Human Touch (Fall 2008)
- Addiction No Excuse: Theft Warrants Dismissal (September 19, 2008)
- Employer's Duty To Accommodate Chronic, Non-Culpable Absenteeism And Employee's Duty To Do His Or Her Work (July and August 2008)
- The End of Mandatory Retirement - What Does it Mean for BC Employers (Summer 2008)
- Casual or Occasional Drug Users and Pre-Employment Drug Testing (January and February 2008)
- Workplace Harassment (September 2007)
- Can or Does a Human Rights Violation Ground a Punitive Damages Award in a Wrongful Dismissal Case? (June 2007)
- Bill 31 - Elimination of Mandatory Retirement (May 2007)
- Elimination of Mandatory Retirement (November and December 2006)
- Dealing With and Accommodating Employee Disabilities (September and October 2006)
- Workplace Accommodation of Religious Beliefs (July and August 2006)
- Accommodation of Employees with Substance Addiction Disabilities - Part II (April 2006)
- Accommodation of Employees with Substance Addiction Disabilities - Part I (March 2006)
- What to Do When an Employee Reports or Exhibits Mental Health Problems: Medical Information and Accommodation (November 2005)
Workplace immigration
- Proposed Decrease in Age of a Dependant Child (May 2013)
- Reforms to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (May 2013)
- The End of Facilitated Processing for Information Technology Workers (June 2010)
- Breaking News In Employment-related Immigration (Fall 2008)
- Breaking News in Employment Related Immigration (January 2008)
PeopleTalk Magazine
- Cyber Sacking and Severance Liability (Spring 2009)
- Five Downsizing Pitfalls to Avoid (Summer 2009)
- Deconstructing the Duty to Mitigate - A New Tool to Manage Costs (Fall 2009)
- Detours and Frolics - Exploring Vicarious Liability (Winter 2009)
- The End of Mandatory Retirement - What Does it Mean for BC Employers (Summer 2008)
- Why Metrics Still Need a Human Touch (Fall 2008)
- (Non)Competing in the the Knowledge Economy (Winter 2008)
RG Information Update
- Flu Season in the Workplace - Newsletter No. 57 (March 2013)
- Privacy, Benefits and Employee Expectations - Newsletter No. 56 (December 2012)
- Mitigation, Consideration and Litigation - Newsletter No. 55 (September 2012)
- The Art of Investigating - Newsletter No. 54, (June 2012)
- When Employees Leave - Newsletter No. 53, (March 2012)
- Criminal Behaviour and other Off-Duty Conduct - Newsletter No. 52, (July 2011)
- Discipline and Discharge in the Facebook Era (March 2011)
- Family Status Accommodation – Expanding Obligations? (December 2010)
- Attendance Management Programs (October 2010)
- Can Employees be required to Submit to Criminal Record Checks? (September 2010)
- The Protection of Collective Bargaining Rights for Farm Workers (July 2010)
- Arbitrator awards $500,000 for "Bad Faith" Termination of Employee (May 2010)
- Enforceability of Fines Levied Against Union Members for Crossing a Picket Line (January 2009)
- Breaking News In Employment-related Immigration (Fall 2008)
- Employer Obligations on Election Day (September and October 2008)
- Employer's Duty To Accommodate Chronic, Non-Culpable Absenteeism And Employee's Duty To Do His Or Her Work (July and August 2008)
- Macaraeg v. E Care Contact Centers Ltd. (May and June 2008)
- Recovery of Investigation and Prosecution Costs (March and April 2008)
- Casual or Occasional Drug Users and Pre-Employment Drug Testing (January and February 2008)
- Breaking News in Employment Related Immigration (January 2008)
- Workplace Harassment (September 2007)
- Class Action Employment Litigation (July 2007)
- Freedom of Association (June 2007)
- Bill 31 - Elimination of Mandatory Retirement (May 2007)
- Potential for Class Action Employment Litigation (April 2007)
- Recent Decisions of Importance in the Area of Employment and Labour Law (February and March 2007)
- Continuing Employee Dishonesty as Grounds for Dismissal (January and February 2007)
- Elimination of Mandatory Retirement (November and December 2006)
- Dealing With and Accommodating Employee Disabilities (September and October 2006)
- Workplace Accommodation of Religious Beliefs (July and August 2006)


