Wrongful Dismissal in Alberta: Position Elimination and Severance
In uncertain economic times such as the current Covid19 crisis, employers will often look at their organizational charts and revise them...
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craigfloden
Oct 7, 20201 min read
Wrongful Dismissal In Alberta: Further Guidance on Summary Judgment
We previously wrote about the Coffey v. Nine Energy decision which appeared to remove the option of summary judgment in employment...
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craigfloden
Oct 6, 20202 min read
Wrongful Dismissal in Alberta: Can you get severance from probationary contracts?
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...
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craigfloden
Oct 5, 20201 min read
Lawsuits in Alberta: The Limitations Act
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...
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craigfloden
Oct 4, 20201 min read
Alberta Business Law: How to Deal With a Dispute Between Business Owners
As part of our business law and trial law practice we often are retained to deal with disputes between business owners. Business disputes...
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craigfloden
Oct 3, 20202 min read
Wrongful Dismissal in Alberta: Fixed Term Contracts and Mitigation
Most contracts of employment in Alberta are, by their nature, indefinite contracts of employment. From time to time we have dealt with...
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craigfloden
Oct 2, 20202 min read
Wrongful Dismissal in Alberta: The Art of the Lowball Offer
The standard employer tactic that we encounter in terminations is the lowball offer. Certain employers love this tactic. They will offer...
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craigfloden
Oct 1, 20201 min read
How can I get a discharge from Bankruptcy in Alberta?
In the course of our broader litigation practice we are often asked to assist people obtain a discharge from bankruptcy. Since most...
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craigfloden
Sep 30, 20201 min read
Alberta Litigation: How Class Action Lawsuits Work
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...
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craigfloden
Sep 29, 20201 min read
Alberta Employment Law: Inducement and Continuous Service
We are sometimes retained in situations where employees have been hired for a short period of time and then terminated. Under the Bardal...
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craigfloden
Sep 28, 20201 min read
Wrongful Dismissal in Alberta: The Effect of Covid-19 on Severance
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,...
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craigfloden
Sep 27, 20202 min read
Alberta Employment Law: How to fire someone and not get sued
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...
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craigfloden
Sep 26, 20202 min read
Alberta Business Law: Unanimous Shareholder Agreements
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...
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craigfloden
Sep 25, 20201 min read
Alberta Wrongful Dismissal: Class Actions in a Time of Covid
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...
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craigfloden
Sep 24, 20201 min read
Fired in Alberta: Manner of Termination and Aggravated Damages
One of the factors that can be important in determining the amount of severance a fired employee is entitled to is the manner of...
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craigfloden
Sep 23, 20202 min read
Fired in Alberta: The Summary Judgment Problem
Courts in Canada have for some time been interested in facilitating access to justice. There is an inherent inequality in bargaining...
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craigfloden
Sep 22, 20201 min read
What Is It That Employment Lawyers Do?
The non-unionized employment bar is broken up into lawyers who specialize in defending employers and lawyers who focus on acting for...
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craigfloden
Sep 21, 20201 min read
Alberta Employment Lawyers: Contingency Fees and Billable Hours
Many people do not know how lawyers fees work. This article is designed to address that. Billable Hours Most lawyers use the billable...
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craigfloden
Sep 20, 20202 min read
Wrongful Dismissal In Alberta: Releases
Employers almost always require employees to enter into releases in exchange for payment of severance. A release is a document wherein in...
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craigfloden
Sep 19, 20202 min read
Wrongful Dismissal in Alberta: Issues with Employment Contracts
We are often surprised when we review employment contracts. Many organizations do not draft their employment agreements with legal...
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