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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

by Johannes Schenk / On January 24, 2020 / In Employment Law, Human Rights Law, Labour Law, Litigation, Municipal Law, Uncategorized

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…

Freedom of Religion in Classroom

by Johannes Schenk / On January 14, 2020 / In Human Rights Law, Litigation

Presentation of native spiritual ceremony in classroom does not breach Canadian Charter of Rights of freedom of religion. Source: 2020 BCSC 15 Servatius v. Alberni School District No. 70

Independent Contractor Status

by Johannes Schenk / On January 10, 2020 / In Employment Law, Human Rights Law, Litigation

No wrongful termination for independent contractors. Source: 2020 BCSC 23 Farren v. Elite Service Group Inc.

Unconscionable Mortgages and Injunctions

by Johannes Schenk / On October 23, 2019 / In Human Rights Law, Litigation

Source: 2019 BCSC 1811 Astina Mortgages Group Ltd. v. Galpin An injunction on an order nisi and possession writ was granted where the court found that there was was a sufficient basis for an argument that the 89 year old…

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