March 2019 - Inspire Law

Do Employees Have A Right to View Their Personnel Files?

March 21, 2019
Susan Kootnekoff

Does an employee have a right to see his or her own personnel file, without first obtaining the employer’s approval? If you are an employer, and an employee demands to see his or her personnel file, must you oblige? In B.C., Alberta...

What’s age got to do with it?

March 14, 2019
Susan Kootnekoff

Is age relevant in dismissals? Under Canadian common law, an employer is able to dismiss a non-unionized employee in only one of two ways. One is with just cause. This is generally difficult, though not impossible, for an employer to establish. The second...

Privacy Rights In Shared Computers

March 7, 2019
Susan Kootnekoff

In R. v. Reeves, the Supreme Court of Canada recently considered the extent of a person's privacy rights in a shared computer. This was a criminal case that centered on whether the police had properly seized the shared computer. Mr. Reeves...