Le 7 mai 2020, le Tribunal administratif du travail (le TAT), dans l’affaire Gendarmerie Royale du Canada et De L’Étoile[1] (l’affaire De L’Étoile), rendait une décision très attendue sur l’application du privilège relatif au litige dans le cas du rapport d’un médecin expert choisi par un employeur afin d’évaluer la condition médicale
August 2020
A reminder to BC employers: Family care obligations to accommodate family care needs amid pandemic
Covid-19 has made working from home the new normal for many employees. This new reality has created challenges for employees who, due to the closure of schools, daycares and other social services, have had to serve as full-time caregivers in addition to carrying out their everyday work tasks. Under these circumstances, it is important for…
Transfer of undertaking to multiple transferees
In a recent case, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has considered what happens to the employment contract of a transferring worker where there is a transfer of an undertaking to multiple transferees. The ECJ held that the contract should be split in proportion to the tasks performed by the worker of the time devoted…
Talking Turkey – Salvation for Investors from UK Defined Benefit Schemes?
The UK Pensions Regulator has offered some comfort to investors and funds which may have been deterred from investing in UK companies with historic defined benefit liabilities.
It is unusual, as a matter of English law, for the corporate veil to be capable of being pierced – normally the liability incurred by one group company…