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SpringLaw | Canada | 2 Jan 2019
Top 5 Employment Law Cases of 2018
2018 was a whirlwind of statutory changes in the employment law world, which has perhaps overshadowed the judicial developments that have taken place…
Ius Laboris | Canada | 21 Feb 2018
Occupational Health and Safety in Canada: The Year in Review
This article looks back on a tumultuous 2017 for occupational health and safety (‘OHS’) in Canada, with many legislative changes and important…
DLA Piper | Canada | 16 Nov 2017
Alberta Court of Appeal decision supports random workplace drug testing in safety-sensitive workplaces
There has been significant discussion in recent weeks concerning the recent Alberta Court of Appeal decision on random workplace drug testing. Suncor…
Stikeman Elliott LLP | Canada | 24 Oct 2017
5 Years And Counting: Suncor Wins Another Round in its Fight to Introduce Random Testing
On October 15, 2012, Suncor Energy Inc. (“Suncor”) introduced a drug and alcohol policy that permitted it to engage in random drug and alcohol testing…
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP | Canada | 18 Oct 2017
Alberta Court of Appeal Confirms that Evidence of a General Problem with Substance Abuse in the Workplace May Justify Random Testing
Recently the Alberta Court of Appeal released its decision in Suncor Energy Inc. v Unifor Local 707A, 2017 ABCA 313, in which it dismissed an appeal…
Fasken | Canada | 4 Oct 2017
Shrinking the Privilege “Blanket” - Alberta Court of Appeal Demands More Scrutiny of Privilege Claims | The HR Space
Legal privilege is asserted in many ways, most commonly: (1) solicitor-client privilege, which attaches to communications between a client and a…
MLT Aikins LLP | Canada | 2 Oct 2017
Suncor Wins Another Round in the Ongoing Random Drug Testing Fight
In the much anticipated decision Suncor Energy Inc v Unifor Local 707A, the Alberta Court of Appeal ("ABCA") upheld the Alberta Court of Queen's…
Fasken | Canada | 27 Sep 2017
Simply stating document is privileged does not mean that it is
The Alberta Court of Appeal has issued a reminder to employers that simply declaring that an investigation has begun and throwing a privilege 'blanket' over all materials is not sufficient to protect them from disclosure. Although documents are frequently covered by both solicitor-client and litigation privilege, the court held that defendants must distinguish which form of privilege applies......
Rubin Thomlinson LLP | Canada | 30 Nov 2016
Workplace Investigation Alert - November 2016
On September 8, 2016, several amendments to Ontario's Occupational Health and Safety Act came into effect under Bill 132, including the introduction…
Fasken | Canada | 18 Aug 2016
Glimmer of Hope for Random Drug & Alcohol Testing
A recent decision of the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench suggests that employers seeking to implement random drug and alcohol testing in dangerous…
