Use Brain to Mouth Filter When Communicating With Prospective Employees
While it is unlawful for employers to discriminate against prospective employees during the hiring process, such discrimination does...
Accommodating Scent Sensitivities - Employer/Employee Obligations
Recently, the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal considered what steps were sufficient to accommodate an employee who complained of...
What? I Can Be Fired For What I Do When I'm Not At Work?
Most employees wrongly believe that they can only be fired for what they do, or do not do, at work. In other words, what happens on the...
Employee Bears Cost of Refusing to Work Sundays or Public Holidays
Under the Employment Standards Act, an employee has the statutory right to refuse to work a shift scheduled for a Sunday or public...
The Importance of Letters of Reference Following Termination of Employment
Having one's employment terminated is unpleasant whether it occurs for cause or because of other circumstances. Often the former...
Employee Wages Awarded Against Director's Estate Using Oppression Remedy
Typically, if a corporation fails to pay employee wages the employee can only sue a director personally under certain limited conditions....
Is Moonlighting Grounds for Termination?
The short answer is that it might be but as like many legal questions it can be highly dependent on the facts. Recently, in Cavanagh v...