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.…
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…
Third Party Drug Policy
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…
Blackberry in Trouble
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.…