BC Labour Relations Board
Upcoming conferences on labour, employment, human rights, privacy, immigration, pensions & benefits law
The table below contains a comprehensive list of the upcoming workplace law (employment, labour, human rights, pensions, privacy and immigration) conferences in Canada in 2011. The full names of the service providers, and links to their sites, are at the bottom of the page.
Court assesses appropriate scope of BC Labour Relations Board's participation in judicial review of its own decision
In Canadian Office and Professional Employees Union, Local 378 v. Lantic Inc., 2011 BCSC 242, the BC Supreme Court assessed the appropriate scope the BC Labour Relations Board's (BCLRB) participation in a judicial review of its own decision.
The decision of the BCLRB under review concerns management exclusions from the bargaining unit. It can be accessed in a June 2010 post of mine found here.
First collective agreement in Canada specifically for migrant agricultural workers negotiated by UFCW Canada Local 1518
The UFCW Canada Local 1518 has posted an article on its website announcing what it is calling the first collective agreement in Canada specifically for migrant agricultural workers. The website goes on to note:
- the migrant workers work at Sidhu & Sons Nursery in Abbotsford BC;
- the workers are primarily from Mexico and Jamaica;
- they come to Canada each year under the federal government's Canadian Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program (CSAWP);
- a unique feature of the collective agreement is that it is specifically for the migrant workers at Sidhu & Sons, rather than the entire workforce; and
- the collective agreement provides the migrant workers with, among other things, a grievance procedure, seniority rights, recall rights, paid breaks, increased vacation pay, and a wage increase.
The history of this case before the BC Labour Relations Board was long and drawn out, as evidenced by the following: read more »
Facebook postings about employer that were offensive, insulting, disrespectful provided just cause for termination
In a decision issued on October 25, 2010, the BC Labour Relations Board ruled that the employer had just cause to terminate the employment of two employees because of their offensive, insulting, disrespectful and damaging Facebook postings about the employer.
As the Board stated in the decision: read more »
Four Vice-Chairs re-appointed to BC Labour Relations Board
Four vice-chairs were ordered re-appointed to the BC Labour Relations Board on January 25, 2010: 1) Michael Adam; 2) Ritu Mahil; 3) Bruce Wilkins; and 4) Ken Saunders.
Mr. Adam was appointed for a term ending March 2, 2010, Ms. Mahil and Mr. Wilkins for a term ending May 25, 2014 and Mr. Saunders for a term ending October 10, 2014.
You can read the Resume of Orders in Council here.
BC Bargaining Database comes online
The BC Government announced the launching of the BC Bargaining Database today.
The database contains statistical information of interest to the labour community, including the following:
- Monthly & Quarterly reports on wage settlements reports, work stoppages, and the status of negotiations throughout the province.
- Annual reports will include a calendar of expiring agreements, wage settlement reports, duration of agreements reports, and status of negotiations throughout the province reports.
- Statistical information will be based on the settlements and work stoppages reported to the BC Bargaining database, the British Columbia Labour Relations Board, and the Business Council of British Columbia.
Parties who submit their collective agreements to the database will satisfy section 51 of the BC Labour Relations Code, which requires that agreements be filed with the Board within 30 days of their execution. read more »
