This two-part article summarizes some important employment law decisions in Alberta in 2025. It does not focus on cases from other provinces, although many of those can influence legal decisions here. It also does not address developments in human rights and labour (union) law.
Part 1 of this two-part article covers severance pay and reasonable notice, employment standards, professional regulation and just cause for termination. Part 2 covers employment contracts, duty to mitigate damages for wrongful dismissal and whether summary judgement is right for a constructive dismissal and just cause case.
In Hoefman v Lawrence Meier Trucking Ltd, 2025 ABCJ 13 (Justice Maxwell), the Court of Justice considered the employment contract of a superintendent for a trucking company. The issue was whether the contract included an implied term which entitled the employee to statutory vacation pay. The employee had a verbal employment agreement for a specific salary, but the employer had not discussed or documented vacation pay entitlements for the role. The employer argued the specified salary included vacation pay. Justice Maxwell found that, since there were no clear terms, the 4% vacation pay set out in the Employment Standards Code was an implied term of the employment contract and owed...
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