Roper Greyell Employment and Labour Lawyers

Resources

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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)