Resources
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COVID-19 Update – Amendments to the B.C. Employment Standards Act
March 2020
On March 23, 2020, the B.C. Legislature passed amendments to the B.C. Employment Standards Act, and last week, WorkSafeBC published a series of recommendations to employers and employees navigating the COVID-19 pandemic. This memorandum addresses these, and other, recent developments that will be of significance to employers operating in B.C. and elsewhere.
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COVID-19 Update – March 24, 2020
March 2020
On March 23, 2020, the B.C. Legislature passed amendments to the B.C. Employment Standards Act, and last week, WorkSafeBC published a series of recommendations to employers and employees navigating the COVID-19 pandemic. This memorandum addresses these, and other, recent developments that will be of significance to employers operating in B.C. and elsewhere.
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COVID-19 Update – Introduction of the Canada Emergency Response Benefit
March 18, 2020
The purpose of this March 19, 2020 bulletin is to provide additional COVID-19 information to employers regarding Employment Insurance benefits, the federal stimulus package of $82 billion, and new provincial job-protected leaves of absence.
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COVID-19 Update – March 18, 2020
March 2020
British Columbians, as with people the world over, are in uncharted territory. This crisis is unprecedented. Schools, business and government buildings throughout the country are closed down, multiple provinces have declared states of emergency, and our leaders are holding press conferences to update us on the situation as it develops, seemingly by the hour.
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How to Make One Year’s Salary Without Working a Single Day
February 2020
In its recent decision in Quach v. Mitrux Services Ltd., 2020 BCCA 25 [Quach], the BC Court of Appeal offered some helpful guidance and clarity on several important employment law issues, in particular relating to fixed-term employees.
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Saucy Tweet Results in For Cause Termination of Employee
February 2020
Fastenal Canada terminated B.C. employee Hussien Mehaidi for expressing his outrage on Twitter for the company’s Christmas gift of Gets Sauced BBQ sauce and a company
branded wooden scraper. Mehaidi tweeted from an anonymous account with zero followers a tweet which read: “what kind of multi-billion dollar company gifts its Canadian employees barbecue sauce as a holiday gift? Yet the USA employees stuff their face with an actual holiday gift box!”Read More +
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Coronavirus: Information Bulletin for Employers
January 2020
As of today’s date, January 28, 2020, more than 100 people have died from the Wuhan coronavirus – a novel (new) coronavirus – and more than 4,500 others have been infected. A warning has been issued to travellers to avoid all non-essential travel to China and cases of infection have been reported in countries other than China, including Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and the United States.
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Ontario Court of Appeal Refuses to Recognize Freestanding Tort of Harassment
January 2020
In Merrifield v. Canada (Attorney General), 2019 ONCA 205, the plaintiff was a longstanding member of the RCMP who alleged that his supervisors had discriminated against him for years. The strained relationship began when the plaintiff had run for public office. He was considered to be in a potential conflict of interest following his investigation of threats against a political rival.
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Being A Gracious (And Responsible) Employer And Employee: Holiday Parties And Other Work-Related Social Gatherings
December 2019
As an employer, if you organize a company party or similar work-related social gathering for your employees, you have certain legal responsibilities. An employer can be held liable for not taking adequate precautions to protect its employees from foreseeable and preventable harm.
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