16 Aug, 2022 Get with the Times: Alberta Court of Appeal Greenlights Videoconferencing By Kara Shaw By Kara Shaw, Student-At-Law In the recent case of Mostafa Altalibi Professional Corporation v Lorne S. Kamelchuk Professional...
06 Oct, 2021 Vaccination or Rapid Test Workplace Policies Gaining Momentum and Validity as 4th Wave Workplace and Community Issues Escalate By Colin Fetter Attached is a link to the recent publication of the Alberta Federation of Labour. Kudos to the AFL and all unions and their advisors who...
22 Apr, 2021 New Alberta Paid Leave for COVID-19 Vaccinations By Colin Fetter As many of you already have heard, effective yesterday April 21, 2021, Alberta's Employment Standards Code ("the ESC") was amended to...
11 Feb, 2021 Don't Miss Your Deadline to Apply for the Critical Worker Benefit Payment for your Employees By Colin Fetter As many may have already heard, the Alberta Government announced its new program to distribute one-time $1,200 payments to eligible...
26 Nov, 2020 Limiting Liability for COVID-Related Claims By Michael Colwell Laws in two provinces aim to limit individual and corporate liability for claims arising in the pandemic context. The enactments will...
29 Oct, 2020 Coronavirus Liability Waivers: Worth the Paper They’re Printed on? By Michael Thorne Kristina Persaud In the video below, litigation lawyers Michael Thorne and Kristina Persaud discuss if an organization can rely on a liability waiver as a...
10 Aug, 2020 Care home insurers add “Contagious Disease Exclusion Endorsement” to limit COVID-19 losses By Michael Colwell As the pandemic unfolds, long term care and similar health organizations are facing new liability exposure. Specifically, a resident may...
20 Jul, 2020 Will travel medical insurers cover COVID-19 costs? By Michael Colwell Someone who contracts COVID-19 while traveling, and who has emergency travel medical insurance, will be generally covered according to...
11 Jul, 2020 How can my Business avoid Liability for a Covid outbreak? By Shad Chapman A class action has now been filed in Alberta in relation to the Covid-19 outbreak at the Cargill meatpacking plant. No doubt this will be...
25 Jun, 2020 Partner Paul Stocco Joins CanBIM Panel to Discuss COVID-19's Impact on Construction Industry By Paul Stocco Paul Stocco, our Construction Group Practice Area Leader recently participated in a CanBIM virtual session to discuss the impact COVID-19...
11 Jun, 2020 Business Interruption Claims due to COVID-19 By David Pick In the video below, insurance lawyer and Brownlee LLP Partner David Pick offers insight into the following topics concerning business...
14 May, 2020 Considerations and Implications of Resuming Operations During Alberta's Relaunch By Megan Van Huizen By Megan Van Huizen The Alberta relaunch plan and a stage-based return-to-work is on the horizon for many employers following 8+ weeks of...