Author: Alfred Kempf
Alf Kempf is a senior litigator whose practice focuses on labour and employment law as well as commercial and insolvency matters. He provides pragmatic advice and guidance on legal matters…
Can an employer require employees to speak only a certain language in and around the workplace? A related question is: can an employer only hire employees with certain language skills?
A recent case in the Federal Court of Canada has nudged the door open a little further to more liberal rights for workers needing work accommodations to care for family
The legal profession uses all kinds of words and phrases that are quite mysterious to most people who have not been involved in the process. I will attempt to demystify
A recent case in Alberta (Globex- 2011) suggests that an employer who terminates an employee without just cause and without sufficient notice repudiates the contract of the employment and thus
In most cases employees are not overly concerned about the precise legal identity of their employer. It does become an important issue when the employment relationship breaks down and the
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