What happens when a person quits his or her employment? Typically, quitting is a voluntary act of the employee. Perhaps a better job is found, perhaps a move to a different city is in the works, perhaps marriage or winning the lottery or some other event occurs that leads to the employee giving notice of … Read more →

What happens when an outside party interferes with a contract of employment between employer and employee? This question was recently addressed in a Supreme Court judgment. The employee was the chief administrative officer of the employer, and had been so for six years. The employer was a local self-governed association that had links to a … Read more →

When does expressing workplace dissatisfaction with one’s boss turn into just cause for dismissal? Two decisions of the BC Supreme Court issued 10 days apart tell us something about the answer. In the first case, the employee had verbally criticized his boss, the CEO, in the presence of other employees. The employer was a small … Read more →

A recent decision of the BC Court of Appeal makes for some interesting reading. The case involved a plaintiff employee who was 66, had 18 years of service and who was employed as a receptionist. She also earned additional money doing janitorial work for this employer. Although she was 66, she had no plans to … Read more →

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