By: Cheryl Edwards and Daniel Mayer For readers following the progress of ever-expanding OHS statutory obligations relating to violence and harassment, there is a new development worth note in B.C. Most Canadian jurisdictions have now defined workplace violence as a hazard and set out obligations such as requirements for policies, risk assessments, training and other…
A BC ferry officer, convicted last month of two charges of criminal negligence causing death in relation to the sinking of a passenger ferry off the British Columbia coast 7 years ago, was sentenced to four years in prison and banned from operating vessels for 10 years. The officer is appealing his conviction and sentence….
On November 9, 2012, the Supreme Court of Canada released an important decision in Moore v. British Columbia (Education), 2012 SCC 61 that could have serious cost implications for provincial Ministries of Education and school boards across the country dealing with special needs children. The decision dealt with a young student suffering from a form…
In a highly anticipated decision, the British Columbia Labour Relations Board (“BCLRB”) ruled yesterday that Target Canada’s takeover of a Zellers store in Burnaby, B.C. did not make the U.S. retailer a successor employer under B.C.’s Labour Relations Code. In 2010-11, Target Corp. announced its expansion into Canada. As part of that expansion, Target entered…
The British Columbia Court of Appeal recently released a judgment which overturned a British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal decision which had held that partners in a law firm could be treated as employees for the purpose of human rights protection. The case involved an “equity” partner, Michael McCormick, in the Vancouver office of the law…