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- Ignoring AHRT A Factor In Becoming Personal Individual Respondent
In Wallace v Pawsitively Purrfect Pet Spa Ltd., 2025 AHRC 119, the Alberta Human Rights Tribunal added the director of the corporate respondent, in her personal capacity, as a respondent to a complaint (the “Complaint”). This case is interesting not only because it provides a summary of the test whi … Read more »
- Waste Management Company Fails to Get Fiduciary Non-Solicitation Injunction
In Garbage King Inc. v Voth, 2025 ABKB 661 (Justice Jones) the Alberta Court of King’s Bench rejected an injunction application by a waste management company to prevent a former employee and his new employer from soliciting clients and using knowledge of client needs and how they conduct business. T … Read more »
- One Too Many Professional Misconduct Complaints
In Chartered Professional Accountants of Alberta v Saleh, 2025 ABKB 642 (Oviatt), the Alberta Court of King’s Bench restricted the ability of a complainant to make future complaints related to CPAA without leave of the Court. This case is important because administrative tribunals like the CPAA have … Read more »
- Top Employer Issues in Alberta Employment Law
S1 E3: Can an Employer Sue an Employee for Breach of Contract? Speaker: Joel Fairbrother, Employment Lawyer and Partner at Bow River Law LLP In this video, Joel Fairbrother, an employment lawyer at Bow River Law, discusses the circumstances under which an Alberta employer can sue an employee for b … Read more »
- Gimme a Pizza, But Hold the Legally-Required Wages!
In 2409433 Alberta Inc. o/a Papa Murphy’s v Manmeet Kaur, 2025 ABESAB 16, the Alberta Employment Standards Appeal Body found that a worker was an employee entitled to wages, not a volunteer. It can be challenging to differentiate employee versus volunteer status. There are not frequently cases on t … Read more »