After-acquired cause: What employers need to look out for
Just cause dismissals are rarely straight-forward and should always be handled carefully by any employer. This is especially true for after-acquired cause,
Achkar Law
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October 21, 2020 
Thanksgiving Day in Canada: Monday, October 12
In Canada, Thanksgiving is celebrated on the second Monday in October every year. This year, Thanksgiving Day is Monday, October 12.
Ted Kenney
Termination of temporary foreign workers: Special considerations
Employers’ obligations are heightened when dealing with temporary foreign workers. This is primarily because of a recognition that temporary foreign workers are usually more vulnerable in the labour market than Canadians or permanent residents.
Sultan Lawyers
(Another) Pit-fall warning for fixed-term employment agreements
In Makela v. Horizon School Division No 67, 2019 ABQB 974, Master J.T. Prowse of the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench dismissed an employee’s claim for wrongful dismissal arising out of a fixed-term employment agreement. While this case ultimately had a happy ending for the employer, Makela provides a warning for yet another potential pit-fall of fixed-term employment agreements.
Occasional Contributors
Good Friday, Easter and Passover in 2020
Good Friday and Easter Sunday coincide with the Jewish observance of Passover in 2020. Easter and the holidays that are related to it are moveable feasts in that they do not fall on a fixed date in the Gregorian or Julian calendars which follow only the cycle of the sun; rather, their dates are determined on a lunisolar calendar similar to the Hebrew calendar. It has come to be the first Sunday after the full moon that occurs on or soonest after 21 March, but calculations vary in East and West.
Ted Kenney
Alberta employers can now use and maintain electronic employment records: Amendments to the Electronic Transaction Act General Regulation
Recent amendments to the Electronic Transactions Act General Regulation remove restrictions on employers’ use of electronic signatures and storage of electronic documents.
Occasional Contributors
Topping up employee pay during temporary layoffs using a Supplementary Unemployment Benefit Plan (SUB Plan) (Canada)
Recently, more employers have begun to consider using Supplementary Unemployment Benefit Plans (SUB Plans) to provide financial assistance to their employees during a period of layoff due to temporary stoppage of work, training, or illness, injury or quarantine.
Occasional Contributors
Non-consensual sharing of intimate images grounds for summary dismissal
Can sharing intimate photos of one your coworkers with your friends result in the summary dismissal of your employment for cause?
Sean Bawden
Thanksgiving Day in Canada: Monday, October 14
In Canada, Thanksgiving is celebrated on the second Monday in October every year. This year, Thanksgiving Day is Monday, October 14.
Ted Kenney