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Denial of coverage for medical marijuana under employee benefit plan found to...
By Monique Ronning In 2010, Mr. Skinner was involved in a motor vehicle accident while working, and subsequently developed a physical and mental disability. After exhausting conventional drug options...
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The Alberta Court of Appeal offers further guidance on the principle of good...
By Christopher McHardy Click here to view our colleagues’ posts titled “Incentive Plans in Alberta can still Limit Entitlements to ‘Actively Employed’ Employees” and “The Alberta Court of Appeal...
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BC government enables smaller-scale employers to give employees pension plans.
By Donovan Plomp Pension plans can be a very helpful retention mechanism for good employees (and, it must be noted, bad ones too) and many larger employers offer them to their employees as part of...
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Don’t make promises you can’t keep (even inadvertent ones) – a good lesson...
By Ryley Mennie The recent decision of the BC Supreme Court in Feldstein v. 364 Northern Development Corporation provides a cautionary tale for well-meaning employers seeking to provide compensation...
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Supreme Court of Canada Gives Quick Win To BCTF On Parental Benefits
By Christopher McHardy The Supreme Court of Canada recently made a rare oral ruling from the bench, giving the B.C. Teachers’ Federation (“BCTF”) a quick win in their appeal of a decision by the B.C....
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Hot Off the Press – Doing Business in Canada: Navigating Opportunities for...
By McCarthy Tétrault LLP If your organization is currently thinking about establishing or acquiring a business in Canada, the newest edition of Doing Business in Canada, written by McCarthy Tétrault,...
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Post-Retirement Benefits
By Donovan Plomp The issue of changes to post-retirement benefits, such as health and welfare benefits provided to employees, is an issue that has arisen for employers trying to reduce costs. Our...
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Pension Benefits Not Deductible from Wrongful Dismissal Damages
Not like By Earl Phillips The Supreme Court of Canada has decided that pension benefits received by a dismissed employee are not to be deducted from an award of wrongful dismissal damages. The...
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Annual Client Conference
Conference Materials Available OnlineBy Earl Phillips Thanks to over 230 clients who attended our annual full day client conference on Friday March 8. The materials for all the presentations and...
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Pensions: The Basics
DB versus DCBy Donovan Plomp Our colleague Mark Firman from our Toronto office has recently posted a couple of short pieces to help sort out the differences and pros and cons between defined benefit...
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By McCarthy Tétrault LLP The bloggers of BC Employer Advisor issued our first Month in Review to summarize our most recent posts. Visit the summary here.
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Hybrid Pension Plans Not the Best Answer
Time to Consider Target Benefit PlansBy Donovan Plomp One of the key elements of the new collective agreements recently reached by the Canadian Auto Workers with Ford, GM and Chrysler is a “hybrid”...
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Employer Required to Provide Benefits After Age 65
Check Your Employment and Collective Agreement Language!By Earl Phillips An Ontario arbitrator has ruled that old language in a collective agreement was not clear enough and the employer is obligated...
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When Changing a Bonus Can be Constructive Dismissal
By Earl Phillips A judge in BC has ruled that a unilateral change to an employee’s bonus was constructive dismissal: Piron v. Dominion Masonry. That was despite the employer’s plea that the bonus was...
View ArticleMental Stress, Bullying and Harassment Law in Force in BC
By Earl Phillips The new provisions in BC’s Workers Compensation Act about mental stress, bullying and harassment took effect July 1, 2012. See our previous post for a description of the changes.
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Restrictions on Withholding Pay
By Christopher McHardy The Employment Standards Act (British Columbia) prohibits an employer from withholding or deducting any part of wages unless the employee has consented in writing. Problems...
View ArticleMental Stress, Bullying and Harassment in the Workplace
By Earl Phillips The British Columbia government has introduced legislation to modify the WorkSafe BC approach to mental stress, and to compensate for bullying and harassment in the workplace. The...
View ArticleDeduction of Pension Benefits from Wrongful Dismissal Damages
By Donovan Plomp In Waterman v. IBM Canada [2011] S.C.C.A. No. 427 (QL), the Supreme Court of Canada has granted to leave to appeal from a decision of the BC Court of Appeal deciding that pension...
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