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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 »

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 »

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 »

In Goman et al. v Canadian Natural Resources Limited, 2025 AHRC 106, the Alberta Human Rights Tribunal provides important guidance on the interplay between human rights complaints and parallel civil wrongful dismissal claims. The decision addresses when discrimination complaints should proceed despi … Read more »

In Twilley v Alberta, 2025 ABKB 587, the Alberta Court of King’s Bench addressed an important question about the scope of legislative limits on termination pay for public sector employees. The Court held that caps on severance pay introduced in 2019 apply equally to constructive dismissal claims as … Read more »