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By Barry B. Fisher LL.B. | 4 Minutes Read June 19, 2023

Refusing a return to work after layoff found to be a complete failure to mitigate

In Blomme v. Princeton Standard Pellet Corporation, 2023 BCSC 652, Justice Mac Naughton had a situation involving a 64 year old Plant Supervisor with 20 years service in a small town who was initially laid off due to COVID on April 4, 2020 with an unexpected date of recall.

Article by Barry B. Fisher LL.B. / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Payroll / Covid19, duty to mitigate, employment law, failure to mitigate, layoff, notice period, termination, wrongful dismissal Leave a Comment

By Belle Yuan, HR consultant, Strategywise HR | 3 Minutes Read April 3, 2023

Workplace assessments: The lens to improving culture post-pandemic

workplace assessmentsThe pandemic has brought about unprecedented changes in the workplace over the past three years. Changes in the way work is done, the way people interact, the work environment and the ever-changing regulations that applied.

Article by Belle Yuan, HR consultant, Strategywise HR / Business, Employee Relations, Health and Safety / Covid19, employment law, HR, hybrid work, pandemic, post-pandemic workplace, work from home, Workplace Assessments, workplace climate, workplace culture Leave a Comment

By Nancy Currie | 2 Minutes Read February 11, 2021

How, where and when to wear a mask

disposable maskTo help with the enforcement of the mandatory mask rule, WorkSafeBC created several posters for employers to post in their workplaces that outline the specifics of how, where and when to wear a mask.

Article by Nancy Currie / Business, Employee Relations, Health and Safety, Human Rights / British Columbia, Covid19, employment law, HR policies, mask orders, masks, pandemic, policypro, posters, postings, WorksafeBC

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