A recent British Columbia decision is a useful reminder that an informal workplace arrangement can still create a wage problem. In Cranbrook Interior Woodwork Ltd. v. Kempf, 2026 BCCRT 1221, a worker used banked overtime hours at straight time to obtain shop materials...
Case Summary In Sharma v. Best Buy Canada (No. 2), 2026 BCHRT 173, the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal found that Best Buy Canada discriminated against an assistant store leader on the basis of physical disability when it terminated his employment during a...
Remote and hybrid work arrangements continue to create legal risks for employers across Canada — especially when flexibility has become part of an employee’s established working relationship. A recent decision from the British Columbia Court of Appeal highlights just...
Employers in British Columbia are facing a major shift in how employment standards complaints are handled. With the passage of Bill 10 – the Labour Statutes Amendment Act, 2026, the province is introducing faster enforcement, broader investigative powers, and new...
Case: A2500253 (Re), 2026 CanLII 21296 (BC WCAT) Overview In the case of A2500253 (Re), 2026 CanLII 21296 (BC WCAT), the British Columbia Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal (WCAT) upheld a finding of prohibited action against an employer who terminated a worker...
Our clients often tell us some version of this: “The issues were obvious. We’d talked to the employee multiple times. They knew there was a problem.” Unfortunately, courts don’t decide cases based on what felt obvious at the time. They decide them based on process,...
