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Leading Lawyer, Marino Sveinson, joins Pulver Crawford Munroe LLP
The partners of Pulver Crawford Munroe LLP are pleased to announce that Marino Sveinson has joined the partnership, effective June 24, 2019. “Marino is a highly respected member of British Columbia and Canada’s labour, employment and human rights bar. He will greatly enhance the strength of the PCM team,” said firm partner, Craig Munroe. Marino […] Read more
Prominent Victoria Lawyer, Mark Walsh, joins the firm
Pulver Crawford Munroe LLP is pleased to announce that well-known Victoria counsel, Mark Walsh, has joined the firm. Mark articled and was an associate at a large Vancouver labour and employment firm before moving to Victoria to provide in-house services for the Greater Victoria School District in the areas of labour, employment, human rights, administrative, […] Read more
Important Changes coming to Employment Standards Act and Labour Relations Code
Bill 8 – Amendments to the ESA On April 29, 2019, the BC NDP Government’s Minister of Labour, Harry Bains, introduced Bill 8 – Employment Standards Amendment Act (“Bill 8”) for first reading. The Bill will make extensive changes to the Employment Standards Act (ESA) in British Columbia, the first set of comprehensive amendments in […] Read more
Leading Lawyer, Patricia Gallivan, Q.C., joins Pulver Crawford Munroe LLP
The partners of Pulver Crawford Munroe LLP are pleased to announce that M. Patricia (Pat) Gallivan, Q.C., has joined the firm, effective January 1, 2019. “Pat is a respected leader in British Columbia and Canada’s labour, employment and human rights bar. We are thrilled to have her extraordinary depth of experience and strategic guidance to […] Read more
Sheen Arnold McNeil LLP Lawyers join Pulver Crawford Munroe LLP
The partners of Pulver Crawford Munroe LLP are excited to announce that Peter Sheen, Susan Arnold, and Marcia McNeil will be joining the firm, effective January 1, 2019. Peter Sheen and Susan Arnold will be joining the firm’s Vancouver office, while Marcia McNeil will lead the firm’s Victoria office in the same location she has […] Read more
Why Office Romances Present Legal Risks for Employers
This article was originally published on October 3, 2018 by BIV (https://biv.com/), part of Glacier Media Inc., at https://biv.com/article/2018/10/why-office-romances-present-legal-risks-employers. Read more
Proposed Amendments to the Employment Standards Act
On April 9, 2018, the Minister of Labour introduced the Employment Standards Amendment Act, 2018 (Bill 6), which proposes amendments to the Employment Standards Act, extending leaves of absence to employees. During leaves of absence recognized by the ESA, employers are not required to pay employees, but must allow the employee to return to their […] Read more
B.C. Court of Appeal clarifies standard for award of aggravated damages based on mental distress in wrongful dismissal cases
The B.C. Court of Appeal recently reversed a lower court decision and ruled that the “ordinary psychological impact” one experiences upon being terminated from a job is not compensable as aggravated damages. The plaintiff, Mr. Lau, brought a wrongful dismissal action against Royal Bank of Canada and sought to recover aggravated damages for mental distress […] Read more
