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By Occasional Contributors | 3 Minutes Read February 21, 2020

Negligent misrepresentation claims against employers: A matter for labour arbitrators or civil courts?

Does a unionized employee's claim of negligent misrepresentation against an employer fall outside of the jurisdiction of a labour arbitrator and within the jurisdiction of the civil courts?

Article by Occasional Contributors / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Health and Safety, Payroll, Union Relations / accommodation, collective agreement, employment law, labour arbitration, Labour Law, negligent misrepresentation

By Michele Glassford | 2 Minutes Read November 3, 2014

Zero tolerance for zero tolerance policies

Rarely has a phrase been so well-intentioned yet so fraught with pitfalls as “zero tolerance”.

Article by Michele Glassford / Employee Relations, Health and Safety, Human Rights, Union Relations / bullying, employment law, grieving his termination, HR policies, human resources policies, labour arbitration, legal pitfalls, Policy makers and bureaucrats, racism, verbal harassment, workplace harassment, workplace policies, workplace violence, zero tolerance, zero tolerance policies

By Adam Gorley | 3 Minutes Read August 15, 2014

Arbitrators should apply 'privacy spectrum' to personal information

The names of people involved in labour arbitration should be disclosed with the arbitrator’s decisions, unless there are compelling reasons not to do so, according to the open-court principle and the public’s interest.

Article by Adam Gorley / Business, Finance and Accounting, Payroll, Privacy / British Columbia, canadian charter of rights and freedoms, employment law, grievors' privacy, labour arbitration, Labour Law, Labour Relations Code, medical information, open-court principle, personal information, Personal Information Protection Act, PIPA, privacy spectrum, publication of personal information, quasi-constitutional

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