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September 2025 | Labour & Employment
Two recent Alberta Human Rights Commission decisions confirm that when unionized employees raise discrimination concerns, the grievance and arbitration process is usually the proper place to resolve these concerns. In Haynes v. His Majesty the King in Right of Alberta (Children and Family Services), 2025 AHRC 94, the complainant said she was discriminated against based […]
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September 2025 | Insurance Litigation
Following our analysis of the former Intercompany Claims Agreement and the new Direct Compensation for Property Damage Regulation, Alta Reg 132/2021 (“DCPD”) published on August 30, 2021, there was little to no case law referring to the DCPC or section 585.1 of the Insurance Act, RSA 2000, c I-3 (“Act”). The recent case Hupper v. […]
The Copyright Act provides the owner of a work with the exclusive right to produce or reproduce the work. In the employment context, an employee may create certain works during the course of their employment, which raises the question of who owns the copyright protectable work – the employer or the employee. While the general […]
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