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Joel Fairbrother summarizes and analyzes a human rights damages assessment respecting a case where the Edmonton Police used OC Spray (Pepper Spray) on some #black men in circumstances found to be #discriminatory. It is not an employment law decision, but any human rights damages assessment can impact similar assessments in the employment context. The lawyer representing the Director in this case was Sarah Coderre from #Bowriverlaw! The case itself is not yet published but once it is we will put the case link in the summary. #racediscrimination #generaldamages #pepperspray #humanrightsdamages #discriminationdamages #blackdiscrimination https://lnkd.in/g4uuY5xN

Bow River Law employment lawyer Chris Jones' #legalblog today is about an #Alberta #grievance #arbitration case where an employer overstepped their management rights respecting the use of a drug testing policy and was liable for breach of the #employee #privacy rights. An interesting one for #practitioners and #lawnerds! #bowriverlaw #chrisjones #chrisjoneslawyer #employmentlawyer #labourlawyer #labourlaw #atco #managementrights https://lnkd.in/gCGDfCC9

Bow River Law welcomes to the team #employmentlawyer Chris Jones!

Joel Fairbrother summarizes and #analyzes a new #Alberta human rights case where an #employer - #syncrude - was successful in the human rights action and brought a #costs application. The costs application was not successful, and the #tribunal provides some guidance on when costs are and are not available in human rights. Important for practitioners and interesting to #lawnerds. #bowriverlaw #legalresearch #legaleducation #legalnews #karpetz #ahrc #ahrt https://lnkd.in/g4DFDdPQ

Our team was thrilled to attend the 3rd annual The Advocates' Society Gala in Calgary, Alberta last Thursday. It was wonderful opportunity to mix and mingle with our colleagues at the bar. The highlight of the evening without a doubt was hearing from the former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, the Honourable Beverly McLachlin, about the importance of the rule of law, and the vital role that lawyers play in strengthening it and upholding it. A big thanks to The Advocates' Society in hosting such a memorable event! #legalcommunity #lawyers #advocacy #throwbackthursday

Amanda Jacinto's #legalblog today is about Klyn v Pentax, an important #employmentlaw decision out of BC where an #employer was prevented from relying on a termination clause in an employment contract due to its actions. Interesting for #lawnerds as well. Check it out! #bowriverlaw #legaleducation #legalnews #klyn #pentax #2024bcsc372 https://lnkd.in/gfw2Ph-4

Joel Fairbrother's #legal case summary #blog today deals with one way an #employee can get #termination #pay if their #employer runs out of money and does not pay them. This is an interesting mechanism under the #Alberta #Employment #Standards #Code called a "single employer" declaration. Law nerds and lawyers, check it out! #bowriverlaw #singleemployer #northcalgaryrecycling #legalnews #employeerights https://lnkd.in/ghqbzWag

Joel Fairbrother summarizes and comments on a case from the #Alberta #humanrights #tribunal where the Tribunal itself had to consider if it was granting a complainant certain requested hearing #accommodations, including the transcript of the hearing. Informative for practitioners. #bowriverlaw #legalnews #discriminationlaw #hearingaccommodation #legalresearch #legaleducation https://lnkd.in/eJ8fwjy5

Michael Hernandez summarizes and analyzes a new and important #Alberta #Courtofappeal decision dealing with procedural fairness in the context of a doctoral student at a college who had her practicum terminated. This case is important for #administrativelaw in Alberta, and likely important in the context of professional discipline cases as well. Its a great one for #lawyers and #lawnerds alike! #bowriverlaw #legaleducation #legalnews #legalresearch #proceduralfairness https://lnkd.in/ed5VEjcC

Joel Fairbrother summarizes and analyzes an #unreported #ABKB decision called Calhoon v J Quartly Trucking, where a 6 year labourer was awarded 8 months' notice. The analysis on #mitigation is the most interesting and important part of the decision for #practitioners and #lawnerds, and that is summarized in some additional detail. This unreported decision was submitted to us for summary by Lluc Cerda. Check it out! #bowriverlaw #failuretomitigate #legaleducation #legalnews #legalresearch #albertaemploymentlaw https://lnkd.in/gTvGZ7ej