Have you wondered what your rights are to attend to family responsibilities during working hours?
Or, are you an employer wondering if you can say “no” to an employee who requests much time away from work to deal with family obligations?
The...
Last week, we looked at the 1992 Westray mine disaster, and the subsequent amendments to the Criminal Code regarding workplace safety.
The intent underlying the Westray provisions was to facilitate prosecuting corporate criminal negligence for workplace disasters.
One tragic case in which...
It was one of the worst mining disasters in Canadian history, and it resulted in important changes to the Criminal Code relating to workplace safety.
In happened in 1992. An explosion at Westray Mine’s underground coal mine in Nova Scotia killed...
WCB cases involve a unique standard of proof: the “as likely as not” standard. Under the Workers’ Compensation Act (B.C.), if the evidence supporting different findings on an issue is evenly weighted, the WCB must resolve that issue in a...
Do you use medicinal cannabis, to manage a medical condition?
Are you an employer with an employee that uses medicinal cannabis?
Do you wonder what your rights are?
It is not as simple as an employee providing a doctor’s note, and then expecting...
Sexual harassment. It’s an issue that can change lives, and threaten decade long careers.
Perhaps it has happened to you. Maybe your voice contributed to the #MeToo or TimesUp movements.
Perhaps you fear being accused.
What Is Sexual Harassment?
In one of Canada’s leading...
A simulation of driving stoned on marijuana; image courtesy U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse.
Earlier this year, the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction concluded that within our country “a substantial proportion of drug impaired drivers are going undetected.”
Do you wonder if priority is being given to maintaining an election promise, or to...
When you hear about cannabis legalization, do you mutter “I don't care?”
The stereotype would have us expect that this mindset may be more prevalent in British Columbia than elsewhere.
We have a Prime Minister who is delivering on an election promise...
