Britain’s top court rules Uber drivers are Workers
California maybe not. Britain says that Uber drivers are workers. Source: Britain's top court rules Uber drivers entitled to minimum wage | CBC News
Category: Labour Law
California Supreme Court rejects Prop 22 lawsuit: Uber Drivers are Independent Contractors
At least in California Uber drivers may end up being independent contractors despite recent court ruling to the contrary. Source: California Supreme Court rejects Prop 22 lawsuit over gig worker rights - Cities Today - Connecting the world's urban leaders
COVID-19-Related Leave
The Government of British Columbia introduced and passed Bill 16–2020: Employment Standards Amendment Act (No. 2) on March 23, 2020 amending the Employment Standards Act to include three days of unpaid leave for personal illness or injury and COVID-19-related leave.…
LTD Benefits and Employment Termination
Employment termination is ugly. Loss of LTD benefits is uglier. Source: 2018 ONCA 381 (CanLII) | CanLII It's common to see employees subject to termination lose access to LTD benefits. This becomes a very serious matter when the employee becomes…
Houston We’ve Had a Problem
I read this case concerning shared iphone accounts and it is, on a number of levels, troubling: Source: 2019 CanLII 104260 (BC LA) | CanLII Who knew that this much intrigue could take place in a town that claims to…