In 2024, Alberta courts decided on important employment law issues, including streamlined trials, employees as fiduciaries, just cause for dismissal, drug testing polices, non-compete and non-solicit injunctions, and more.This article summarizes some important employment law decisions in … [Read more...]
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Streamlined Trials in Alberta: A tale of four cases
The Alberta Court of King's Bench introduced streamlined trials in 2024 to replace summary trials, and four cases help us interpret the new rules.This article summarizes the status of streamlined trials in Alberta. Streamlined trials were introduced in Alberta at the beginning of 2024. They … [Read more...]
2023 Employment Law Alberta Year in Review
This past year, the courts have left us important employment law decisions about fiduciary liability, mitigation, overtime, non-solicitation clauses, injunctions, just cause, summary judgment and CERB deductibility.This article is a short summary of some important employment law decisions in … [Read more...]
2022 Employment Law Alberta Year in Review
This past year, the courts have left us with important decisions about employment contracts, constructive dismissal, severance, just cause and the oppression remedy.This article is a short summary of some important employment law decisions in Alberta in 2022, separated roughly into subcategories … [Read more...]
2021 Employment Law Alberta Year in Review
The courts released several important employment law decisions in Alberta in 2021, including about bonuses, just cause, defamation and constructive dismissal.This article summarizes several important employment law decisions in Alberta in 2021. This article does not focus on cases from other … [Read more...]
