It is often the case that an employer will enter into an arrangement with another entity that will require the employer’s workers to conform to other entity’s policy and workplace rules. What if those rules conflict or encroach upon matters covered by a collective agreement? What if those rules are discriminatory? How can those rules […]
Jesse James had his Colt .45 and the lawyers had their Blackberrys, so the historians may soon write. For those of you in the habit of Blackberry use see this Washington Post article on the recent Blackberry patent infingement case. It’s not clear from the article how the case will affect Canadian Blackberry users.
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 that obesity was not a disability for the purpose of the Part V of the […]
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 a follow up case that deals with the same issues and raises some interesting points […]
The labour and administrative law landscape in Alberta is a little different from many of the other provinces, certainly BC. The use of three member arbitration panels (as opposed to one person), the judicial review route (no labour board sraight to a judge), the determination of standards of review (no Administrative Tribunals Act and on […]