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The Legal Buzz from Charlene Cleary.
Charlene Cleary is the principal and founding lawyer of Westshore Law in Victoria. Serving clients on Vancouver Island and the mainland, she enjoys helping other business owners work through existing issues and also to help prevent future problems. www.westshorelaw.ca

Will the BC Government declare National Truth and Reconciliation Day as a legal statutory holiday?

2023-02-28T09:41:04-08:00August 18th, 2022|Legal, Media, Newsletter, Workplace|

The survey clearly signals the B.C. government’s intent to add an 11th legal stat holiday for NTRD. There is broad support for this but many employers while supporting recognition of NTRD will be concerned about adding another statutory holiday with no compensating adjustment to the existing schedule of stats.

B.C. NDP Government Reverses Course and Will Bring in “Card Check” Unionization

2023-03-07T13:05:57-08:00April 16th, 2022|HR, Legal, Newsletter, Workplace|

In a dramatic reversal of policy and without consultation, the BC NDP has announced on April 6, 2022 that it will pass legislation that will allow unions to be “certified” and thus become the sole authorized representatives of an entire group of employees based only on showing 55% have signed a union card (known as “card check”).

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