Canada: Discrimination, Disability & Sexual Harassment

In British Columbia Ferry Services Inc. v. British Columbia Ferry and Marine Workers’ Union (Failure to Report to Work Grievance), [2025] B.C.C.A.A.A. No. 117 (Matthews), Arbitrator Brett Matthews held the employer’s...

When can a court intervene to stop a workplace harassment investigation before it concludes? This case examines the circumstances under which judicial intervention is appropriate during an ongoing administrative process, and what standards of independence and procedural fairness must be maintained by external investigators conducting workplace harassment inquiries.

In Québec, determining whether an accident occurred "in the course of work" necessarily involves analyzing the boundary between a person's personal and professional spheres. Although this concept is central to the Act respecting industrial accidents and occupational diseases (the "Act"), it is not defined under the Act, leaving it to case law to clarify its limits. Three recent decisions from the Administrative Labour Tribunal (the "Tribunal" or "ALT") further illustrate that, in the absence of a statutory