Archives: Legal Decisions

Background Wal‑Mart opened its Jonquière establishment in 2001.  In August 2004, the Commission des relations du travail certified United Food and Commercial Workers, Local 503 (“the Union”) as the bargaining

Date of Decision: June 19, 2014 British Columbia Labour Relations Board In 2012, the Vancouver Film Orchestra Inc. (the “VFO”) and the Vancouver Musician’s Association Local 145, Canadian Federation of

This decision relates to the B.C. Teachers’ Federation’s most recent attempt to seek a declaration that new legislation seeking to again limit its collective bargaining rights was unconstitutional.  This decision

Background This decision concerns an Application filed by the VFO pursuant to sections 48 and 139 of the Labour Relations Code (the “Code”). In its Application, the VFO was seeking

The Supreme Court ruled that an employer policy of random alcohol testing of workers just because they work in a dangerous work environment was an unreasonable exercise of management rights

The Lieutenant Governor in Council of British Columbia referred to the British Columbia Court of Appeal (“the Court”) a question in respect of the constitutionality of amendments to provincial legislation