Y’all Come Back Now, Hear?

By Robert Smithson The weird world of employment law sometimes compels employees to go back to work for the very employer which fired them. Recently,...

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Union Members Should Think Twice About Hiring Own Lawyer

By Robert Smithson Union members who are unhappy with the representation they’re being provided by their union will sometimes seek outside legal advice. In doing...

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Probation Meant as an Opportunity to Demonstrate Skills

By Robert Smithson I sometimes refer to the probation period as the Rodney Dangerfield of employment law (for those of you not old enough to...

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Yahoo For Going Back to Work

By Robert Smithson In a news week in which B.C.’s Liberal Party committed suicide (again), Senator Mike Duffy proved that reading comprehension isn’t a requirement...

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Dear God: I Quit

By Robert Smithson Approximately 1.2 billion Catholics woke up this week to the news that Pope Benedict XVI has given two weeks’ notice of resignation....

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Workplace Drug Testing Being Tested Again

By Robert Smithson It seems that every few years a Canadian employer takes a run at the human rights-based rules preventing workplace drug and alcohol...

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Resolutions for Business in 2013

By Robert Smithson In the weeks before the end of 2012, I had been mulling over the phrase “do better” as a way of capturing...

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Bangladesh Factory Fire Revives Century Old Memories

By Robert Smithson A recent fire in a garment factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh provided a reminder of a strikingly similar tragedy in New York...

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