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By McCarthy Tétrault LLP | 4 Minutes Read January 13, 2020

Reinstatement and accommodation under Alberta’s Workers’ Compensation

For workplace accidents occurring on or after September 1, 2018, non-exempt employers have an obligation under section 88.1 of the Alberta Workers’ Compensation Act (the “WCBAct”) to accommodate and reinstate most workers injured in a work-related accident to their pre-accident position or a comparable position with the same earnings.

Article by McCarthy Tétrault LLP / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Health and Safety, Human Rights / alternative employment, employment law, termination of employment, undue hardship, work-related injury, workers compensation, workplace accommodation

By Doug MacLeod, MacLeod Law Firm | 2 Minutes Read July 11, 2014

Wrongful dismissal law: Summary judgment motions – the way of the future

Since the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision earlier this year in Hryniak v. Mauldin 2014 SCC 7 (CanLII) more and more employees are bringing summary judgment motions to resolve their wrongful dismissal cases.

Article by Doug MacLeod, MacLeod Law Firm / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Payroll / alternative employment, appropriate reasonable notice period, discoveries or a mediation, duty to mitigate, employer terminates an employee without just cause, employment law, failed to mitigate his loss of employment, Hryniak v. Mauldin, just cause for termination, reasonable notice period, statement of claim, summary judgment, Supreme Court of Canada, termination, termination with cause, terminations, What is decided at a summary judgment motion?, wrongful dismissal

By Earl Altman | 3 Minutes Read April 15, 2011

Employee’s options after constructive dismissal

What does an employee do if she has been constructively dismissed but has not been told to leave her employ? Is she still entitled to continue to work for the employer and look for alternative employment? Is she obligated to do so?

Article by Earl Altman / Employment Standards / 10% reduction in all compensation, alternative employment, constructive dismissal, Dismissal, duty to mitigate, employment law, Evans v. Teamsters Local No. 31, mitigate losses, obligation to mitigate damages, period of reasonable notice, Return to work, Russo v. Kerr Brothers Limited, Supreme Court of Canada decision, terms of employment, unilateral and substantial reduction in compensation, unilateral change in working conditions, wrongful dismissal

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