They Exist!

	        	        

• COVID-19 and the Workplace – Your Legal Obligations as an Employer and Employee during a Pandemic

  Since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus known as COVID-19, global updates have been flooding our news feed – whether it be which politician has been tested positive for the virus or what sport and music event has announced they are postponing or cancelling, we are all in one way or another affected by this… Read more »

  + Read More
  
  

• The Jig is Up on the Gig Economy – OLRB says Foodora Couriers can Unionize

  Case Review:  Canadian Union of Postal Workers v Foodora Inc (dba Foodora) (2020), OLRB Case No 1346-19-R In a new decision with potentially far-reaching consequences, the Ontario Labour Relations Board (the “Board”) has held that Foodora couriers have the right to unionize. You’ve almost certainly seen them buzzing around your neighborhood on their bikes, braving the… Read more »

  + Read More
  
  

• Part IV – The Neverending Story: The Code and the Goblet of Human Rights

  Like all great tetralogies (a Greek word defined as a compound work composed of four distinct works – Google it), we let the success of our initial trilogy go to our heads (read Part I: Employment Standards Act, Part II: Labour Relations Code, and Part III: Canada Labour Code).  The resulting inflated egos, creative differences, unsuccessful side… Read more »

  + Read More
  
  

• BCCA Pumps the Brakes on Application of Rosas v. Toca to Employment Contract Variations

  Case Review: Quach v Mitrux Services Ltd., 2020 BCCA 25 Recently, the BC Court of Appeal commented on several foundational issues that arise in wrongful dismissal litigation.  Particularly, the following are of interest to employers: the enforceability of a new or varied employment contract; when a dismissed employee may succeed with a claim for aggravated… Read more »

  + Read More
  
  

• First Cited: Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act in BC Charter Claim

  Case Review: Servatius v Alberni School District No 70, 2020 BCSC 15 With the recent passing of Bill 41, the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (“Declaration Act”), which MT+Co.’s Merle Alexander, QC co-drafted, British Columbia is one of the first jurisdictions in the world to take legislative action to implement the United… Read more »

  + Read More
  
  

• Welcome to the Year of the Rat

  

  + Read More
  
  

• Student Open House – February 21, 2020

  Please join the MT+Co. team in our office at 4pm on Friday, February 21 to learn more about who we are and what we do. Submit your RSVP and find out more details by clicking here. In case you don’t believe us, here’s what Dan Fogarty has to say… “Articling at MT+Co has been a… Read more »

  + Read More
  
  

• Open Letter to Friends + Clients

  

  + Read More
  
  

• MT+Co.’s Merle Craig Alexander Recognized with Queen’s Counsel Designation

  

  + Read More
  
  

• Failing to Communicate Bonus Policy – Employer Ordered to Pay Out Bonus

  Case Brief: Thoma v. Schaefer Elevator Components Inc. The recent BC Supreme Court decision, Thoma v. Schaefer Elevator Components Inc., 2019 BCSC 100 (“Schaefer”), dealt with an employee who was properly terminated with notice, but brought a claim against his previous employer alleging he did not receive the compensation to which he was contractually entitled. … Read more »

  + Read More