As of September 2021, our country is continuing to slowly reopen. As part of that slow reopening, we have seen a number of policies enacted that have sparked controversy and have been met with mixed reactions. Among those policies are mandatory mask policies. These...
I Need a Vacation! What Are My Rights? Everybody needs a break once in a while. Maybe work is just getting to be too much, or maybe the weather is too great to pass up. Whatever your reason for having one, everybody wants to have a vacation eventually. Luckily,...
It is generally well understood that an employer ordinarily cannot fire you without providing you with either reasonable notice or severance pay. But, did you know the law applies a similar obligation on employees? As it turns out, there is a right way for an employee...
Age discrimination, otherwise referred to as ageism, can arise in a number of ways in the workplace. Ageism arises wherever an employee or potential employee is treated differently or unfairly because of their age. For younger persons, this may arise through an...
Apart from receiving damages for wrongful dismissal, a dismissed employee also stands to benefit where aggravated and punitive damages are awarded against the employer. This is relatively rare, but it does happen. In a recent decision by the British Columbia Court of...
