negligent misrepresentation

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

February 21, 2020 Occasional Contributors Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, Health and Safety, Human Resources, Notice, Damages and Settlements, Payroll, Union Relations, 0

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?

accommodation, collective agreement, employment law, labour arbitration, Labour Law, negligent misrepresentation

Negligent misrepresentations during the interview process

January 16, 2019 De Bousquet PC Barristers and Solicitors Employee Relations, Human Resources, Notice, Damages and Settlements, Payroll, Pensions and Benefits, Recruiting and Hiring

The BC Court of Appeal decision in Feldstein v. 364 Northern Development Corporation provided employers with a reminder that negligent misrepresentation during the hiring process can prove to be a costly mistake.

employment law, hiring, interviewing, negligent misrepresentation, Pensions and Benefits, recruiting

Written agreements in the employment relationship are valuable

August 25, 2011 Earl Altman Employment/Labour Standards, Human Resources, Recruiting and Hiring

I have written in this blog and elsewhere, of the value in written employment contracts, written offers of employment, and written employment policies. Much like the break up of a marriage, the parties to the dissolution of the employment relationship often have widely divergent recollections of the understanding of the terms of the relationship when they were entered into. In particular,…

constructive dismissal, employment contract, employment contracts, employment law, employment policies, employment relationship, hiring process, negligent misrepresentation, offers of employment, resignation, severance package, written agreements, wrongful dismissal