In uncertain economic times such as the current Covid19 crisis, employers will often look at their organizational charts and revise them...

We previously wrote about the Coffey v. Nine Energy decision which appeared to remove the option of summary judgment in employment...

A common provision in a contract of employment is to have a period of probation. These tend to be three months (this the amount allowed...

One of the major traps for the unwary in lawsuits is the Limitations Act. The law basically says if you don't sue within 2 years of the...

As part of our business law and trial law practice we often are retained to deal with disputes between business owners. Business disputes...

Most contracts of employment in Alberta are, by their nature, indefinite contracts of employment. From time to time we have dealt with...

The standard employer tactic that we encounter in terminations is the lowball offer. Certain employers love this tactic. They will offer...

In the course of our broader litigation practice we are often asked to assist people obtain a discharge from bankruptcy. Since most...

As a follow up to our last article about class actions in the employment context, we had a number of discussions arising out of that. We...

We are sometimes retained in situations where employees have been hired for a short period of time and then terminated. Under the Bardal...

We have not seen caselaw yet (although it is probably coming) as to the effect of Covid-19 on severance. From an employee's perspective,...

A large focus in our law firm is acting for fired employees. From that side we see many mistakes that employers make. We also act for...

We are often retained by clients who are at the start of their business journey. The analogy that is most apt is that new business owners...

One of the trends we have started noticing due to Covid is that businesses have been firing a number of people at once. While we...

One of the factors that can be important in determining the amount of severance a fired employee is entitled to is the manner of...

Courts in Canada have for some time been interested in facilitating access to justice. There is an inherent inequality in bargaining...

The non-unionized employment bar is broken up into lawyers who specialize in defending employers and lawyers who focus on acting for...

Many people do not know how lawyers fees work. This article is designed to address that. Billable Hours Most lawyers use the billable...

Employers almost always require employees to enter into releases in exchange for payment of severance. A release is a document wherein in...

We are often surprised when we review employment contracts. Many organizations do not draft their employment agreements with legal...