Monday’s Mix

Each Monday we present brief excerpts of recent posts from five of Canada’s award­-winning legal blogs chosen at random* from more than 80 recent Clawbie winners. In this way we hope to promote their work, with their permission, to as wide an audience as possible.

This week the randomly selected blogs are 1. David Whelan 2. SOQUIJ | Le Blogue 3. Employment & Human Rights Law in Canada 4. PierreRoy & Associés 5. BC Injury Law Blog

David Whelan
The Referenced Librarian

It’s always a great joy to give someone a job reference. It doesn’t happen often but it’s always a pleasure to see someone moving forward in their career, whatever that looks like to them. I recently was in a position to give two references and they were the opposite ends of the spectrum on how to seek a reference, so I thought I’d write about it a bit. As someone who has moved jobs a number of times and hired a fair number of people, I know I may take for granted this part of the career advancement process. Like so many things in librarianship, it takes planning. …

SOQUIJ | Le Blogue
Le nouvel article 542.24 C.C.Q., relatif à la filiation de l’enfant issu d’une agression sexuelle, et les conséquences pour l’agresseur

L’article 542.24 du Code civil du Québec (C.C.Q.), entré en vigueur le 6 juin 2023, prévoit le droit de l’enfant issu de l’agression sexuelle de s’opposer à l’établissement d’un lien de filiation: 542.24 L’enfant issu d’une agression sexuelle peut s’opposer à ce qu’un lien de filiation soit établi entre lui et la personne qui a commis l’agression. Son opposition ne l’empêche pas de réclamer un tel lien de filiation. …

Employment & Human Rights Law in Canada
Employment Law 101: Mitigation

Mitigation issues can save an employer months of termination pay and/or gut your termination case, depending on whether you are the employer or employee in a dispute. In Canadian employment law, mitigation refers to the legal obligation of an employee who has been terminated or laid off to make reasonable efforts to find comparable employment. This principle of “mitigating damages” is used to reduce the potential compensation or termination package an employer may be required to pay. …

PierreRoy & Associés
Programme de protection des salariés : qui a droit à quoi?

Le Programme de protection des employés (PPS) est un programme fédéral administré par Service Canada qui a comme objectif de venir en aide aux travailleurs dont l’employeur est en faillite ou qui fait l’objet d’une mise sous séquestre. Le programme qui est entré en vigueur en 2008 permet de verser des prestations aux travailleurs et travailleuses à qui des sommes sont dues pour du « salaire admissible ». Le programme offre ainsi une protection aux travailleurs et vient amenuiser l’impact négatif de la perte d’emploi subite. …

BC Injury Law Blog
BC Supreme Court Judge “Unable to Presume That ICBC Will Conduct Itself Honourably Moving Forward”

Pointed reasons for judgment released this week by the BC Supreme Court showed just how poorly ICBC fulfilled their obligations to an individual they insured despite making promises to the court that they will be fair. Madam Justice Murray noted she is “unable to presume that ICBC will conduct itself honourably moving forward“. Here is the context. In the recent case (Taylor v. Peters) the Plaintiff suffered serious injuries in a 2017 crash. She was not at fault. Back then BC crash victims still enjoyed the right to sue for proper compensation. …

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