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By Barry B. Fisher LL.B. | < 1 Minute Read May 16, 2022

BCSC says that CERB is deductible from wrongful dismissal damages

company policyIn Reotech Construction Ltd. v. Snider, BCSC 317, Justice Fleming, sitting on appeal from a decision of the Provincial Court, found that the trial judge erred when the Court failed to deduct the $9,000 CERB payment received by the Plaintiff from the damage award.

Article by Barry B. Fisher LL.B. / Employment Standards, Payroll / Canada Emergency Response Benefit CERB, employment insurance benefits, employment law, reasonable notice, termination, wage loss, wrongful dismissal, wrongful dismissal damages

By McCarthy Tétrault LLP | 4 Minutes Read July 13, 2015

“Virtual slave” awarded $50,000 for injury to dignity

Human Rights Tribunal found nanny was sexually assaulted, isolated and underfed by employer.

Article by McCarthy Tétrault LLP / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Human Rights, Immigration, Payroll, Privacy, Union Relations / discrimination, Domestic worker, employment contract, employment law, employment standards act, foreign worker, hostile work environment, housekeeper and caregiver, human rights obligations, human rights tribunal, minimum severance amount, nanny, requirement to pay wages, sexual harassment, wage loss

By Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD | 3 Minutes Read May 25, 2012

Injured worker was not able to receive loss of earning benefits after his termination

The Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal decided in February that an injured worker who was receiving workers’ compensation benefits up to his termination was not entitled to any further benefits as of the date of his termination. Does this seem fair?

Article by Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD / Health and Safety / denied benefits, dissent, employment law, loss of earnings, modified work, no loss of earnings, termination, wage loss, workers compensation, WSIAT, wsib

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