April 2026 - Inspire Law

Mass Layoffs in British Columbia – What Long Serving Employees Need to Know

April 16, 2026
Susan Kootnekoff

When an employer terminates 50 or more employees from a single location within a two-month period, the British Columbia Employment Standards Act (the “ESA”) imposes additional obligations. These “group termination” provisions are frequently underappreciated by employees who have shown incredible loyalty...

Employee Class Actions On the Rise in Canada

April 7, 2026
Susan Kootnekoff
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In February, 2020, Mr. Paul Cheetham filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of two groups of Bank of Montreal (BMO) employees: private wealth consultants (“PWCs”) and mortgage specialists (“MSs”), the class members. In Cheetham v. Bank of Montreal, 2023...