by Employment Lawyers Calgary | 2424/0303/25252525
By Stephen Dugandzic When an employee in Alberta is terminated without cause and without an enforceable termination clause, they are entitled to common law reasonable notice (often paid as severance in lieu of working notice). Unlike the minimum standards in Alberta’s...
by Employment Lawyers Calgary | 2020/0303/25252525
By Stephen Dugandzic Employers in Alberta must navigate both statutory employment standards and common law principles when terminating employees. While the Alberta Employment Standards Code sets minimum requirements for termination (such as notice or pay in lieu),...
by Employment Lawyers Calgary | 1919/0303/25252525
Workplace harassment can involve unwelcome behaviour that makes an employee feel humiliated, threatened, or unsafe. Workplace harassment generally means any unwelcome or inappropriate behavior in the workplace that intimidates, offends, degrades, or humiliates a...
by Employment Lawyers Calgary | 1818/0303/25252525
By Stephen Dugandzic Fixed-term contracts in Alberta provide a clear end date for the employment, which influences how termination is handled. In Alberta, the rules for ending a fixed-term employment contract are governed by the Alberta Employment Standards Code...
by Employment Lawyers Calgary | 1616/0303/25252525
By Stephen Dugandzic Legal Definitions and Classification Criteria Under Alberta’s Employment Standards Code (ESC), an employee is defined as “an individual employed to do work who receives or is entitled to wages,” and an employer is “a person who employs an...
