Reference Letters
As an employer do you have to give a reference letter when you terminate an employee without cause? It's an area you want to be careful with. Reference too good, you run the risk of problems with the next employer.…
Category: Employment Law
Harrassment Damages : $950,000.00
In Sulz v. Attorney General et al, 2006 BCSC 99, a female RCMP officer was awarded damages in the amount of $950,000.00 for harrassment she suffered at the hands of her supervisors. The damages are largely for psychological injury, past…
Substance Abuse in a Safety Sensitive Workplace
Employees with substance abuse issues are a nightmare for employers charged with a workforce operating in a safety sensitve workplace. Employers must accommodate such employees to the point of undue hardship. Having said that what is undue hardship in a…
Obesity as a Disability
The Canadian Federal Court of Appeal recently considered the matter of whether obesity is a disability in McKay-Panos v. Air Canada, [2006] F.C.J. No. 28. The case is an appeal from a decision of the Canadian Transportation Agency which held…
Random Drug Testing
Entrop dealt with the issue of random drug testing in the work place. The main and lasting idea that came from this case was "drug testing for cause". Imperial Oil Ltd. and C.E.P., Loc. 900, 138 L.A.C. (4th) 122, is…