Welcome to our semi-annual national employment, labour and pensions newsletter updating you on recent developments and providing practical advice in these constantly evolving areas of law. We are pleased to announce the addition of three partners to our employment and pension practice across the country.

On May 1, 2008, the British Columbia Court of Appeal released a precedent-setting decision on whether employees, individually or by class action, can bring a civil action in the courts for alleged employment standards violations. The three-judge Court of Appeal panel unanimously answered no; employees cannot come to the courts.

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