Considerations For Employers In Light Of Supreme Court’s Ruling Requiring All States To Recognize Same-Sex Marriage

In Obergefell v. Hodges, the U.S. Supreme Court held, in a 5-4 opinion, that the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution requires that all states license marriages between two people of the same sex and recognize a marriage between people of the same sex when their marriage was lawfully licensed and performed out of state. The social implications of the Court’s opinion are significant; however, the opinion may also impact, directly and indirectly, employers’ employment […]

By | June 26th, 2015 ||

UK: Review Of Employment Tribunal Fees

Readers will remember that Employment Tribunal fees were controversially introduced in July 2013. Since then, for the majority of cases, there has been an upfront fee of up to £250 to raise a claim followed by a further hearing fee of up to £950, both payable by the Claimant. Since the introduction of these fees there are has been a sharp decline in the number of claims being raised. The latest figures published by […]

By | June 24th, 2015 ||

Arbitrator Rules That Emails Between Spouses Sent On A Work Computer Are Inadmissible As Evidence

Saskatchewan Government and General Employees Union v Unifor Local 481, 2015 CanLII 28482 (SK LA)
A Saskatchewan labour arbitrator, Allen Ponak, was required to determine whether the Saskatchewan Government and General Employees Union (“SGEU”) could rely on emails between an employee and his wife sent through its email system to terminate him. Specifically, as evidence that the employee lied about being a member of biker gang. The employee, a Labour Relations Officer (“LRO”), and his […]

By | June 22nd, 2015 ||