Category: Labour Law

The issue of dismissal for employment related substance abuse is a continuing and evolving workplace theme. In a recent B.C. arbitration, International Forest Products Ltd. (Hammond Cedar Division) v. United Steelworkers of America Local 1-3567 (Sall Grievance), [2005] B.C.C.A.A.A. No.…

Our workforce is aging and you can bet that mandatory retirement is an issue that employers and unions will be frequently dealing with over the next few years. The basic legal framework for mandatory retirement was laid out by the…