Print version available here. In British Columbia, B.C. Employment Standards Act1 (“B.C. ESA”) governs the relationship between employers and employees with respect to their rights governing the practice of administrative suspension for economic reasons, commonly known as temporary layoffs. B.C. ESA, however, only provides a part of the picture and to complete that picture, one mustContinue reading “LAYOFF: The landscape in British Columbia”
Opening the Door for Intrusion upon Seclusion: The Common Law Tort of Invasion of Privacy and what it means for Employers
INTRODUCTION In today’s workplace, privacy is an evolving issue and Canadian privacy law is developing rapidly. Perhaps surprisingly, only a handful of Canadian jurisdictions, (including British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Newfoundland) have privacy legislation that creates a statutory tort or civil right of action for invasion of privacy. Until recently, most Canadian jurisdictions couldContinue reading “Opening the Door for Intrusion upon Seclusion: The Common Law Tort of Invasion of Privacy and what it means for Employers”
Executor Conflict of Interest and the Administrator Pendente Lite – Considerations in Challenging the Validity of a Will in British Columbia
PDF version is available here The key functions of executors are to call in the estate assets, to manage them competently and to distribute them in accordance with the deceased’s wishes as set out in the will. In a perfect world, these functions would be performed by a person without any personal interest in theContinue reading “Executor Conflict of Interest and the Administrator Pendente Lite – Considerations in Challenging the Validity of a Will in British Columbia”