North Vancouver Property Ordered To Go To Sale
See this Globe and Mail article.
Hey You Kids Out of that Jello Tree
Paquette v. School District No. 36 (Surrey), 2014 BCSC 205 deals with a child climbing onto and falling off of a school building roof. So every adult knows that kids will climb up roofs an every child knows that they shouldn’t do it. Should the school really be 75% liable? I wonder what happened to […]
Dismissal Just Cause for Defamatory Letter to Shareholders
Chen v. Sable Fish Canada Inc., 2010 BCSC 444, deals with the matter of one unhappy employee that got himself fired for airing the company’s dirty laundry to no less than the shareholders. The case makes clear that a degree of criticism of management is acceptable but when that criticism goe beyond neutral with an […]
Employment Law: Independent Contractor or Employee
A sometimes thorny issue (aren’t they all all?) is whether the dismissed individual is an employee or an independent contractor. The issue has been recently adressed in McKee v. Reid’s Heritage Homes Ltd. , 2009 ONCA 916 (CanLII) (Ontario) and in Smith v. Centra Windows Ltd. , 2009 BCSC 606. In short, the more the […]
Wrongful Dismissal Reasonable Notice for Senior Older Employees
Palmer v. Clemco Industries Inc., 2010 BCSC 230 deals with the dismissal of two older, senior management level employees. Employee 1: 60 years old, 14 year employee, service manager for a restaurant grease trap bio-remediator. 15 months reasonable notice. Employee 2: Similar age and responsibility as an office manager. 11 month notice.