by KSW | Oct 14, 2020 | Employment and Labour Blog
Ottawa Announces Three New COVID-19 Employment Benefits: CRB, CRSB and CRCB As the now infamous “CERB” comes to an end, the federal government has created three new temporary benefits aimed at supporting Canadians still unable to work or working less because of the...
by KSW | Jun 1, 2020 | Employment and Labour Blog
RETURN TO WORK AFTER COVID 19 – 5 CRITICAL QUESTIONS TO ASK Written by: Michael Weiler and Chris Drinovz In March 2020 most businesses in BC ground to a halt with many laying off most, if not all, of their employees or dramatically reducing hours of work or...
by KSW | Nov 19, 2019 | Employment and Labour Blog
By: Chris Drinovz Sherstobitoff v British Columbia (Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal), 2019 BCSC 1659 Chris D. Drinovz of KSW Lawyers recently represented our client Dale Sherstobitoff in a judicial review overturning a decision of...
by KSW | Jun 27, 2016 | Employment and Labour Blog
Written by Michael J Weiler Pepin v Telecommunications Workers Union 2016 BCSC 790 I always find it interesting to read cases where the employer is a union. There is somehow an irony in seeing a union qua employer taking a hard-nosed stand against its employees who...
by KSW | Dec 9, 2015 | Employment and Labour Blog
Ontario Superior Court Awards $100,000 in punitive damages for employer’s failure to honestly perform the employment contract It gives me great pleasure that my brilliant nephew Jed Blackburn has allowed us to post his recent article on a very interesting...
