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Noteworthy Decisions

The official version of the Tribunal decision is the signed original document held in the Tribunal’s file. If there is any difference between the decision posted on this website and the original decision deposited in the Tribunal’s file, the original decision is the Tribunal’s official decision and takes precedence.

Note: ESA = Employment Standards Act; ESR = Employment Standards Regulation

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  • Expert Evidence
  • Hearsay evidence
  • Recording of factfinding meeting
  • Third party submissions (interveners) [s. 103 of the ESA; s. 33 of the Administrative Tribunals Act]
    • 2020 BCEST 12 Director of Employment Standards and Construction & Specialized Workers’ Union, Local 1611
    • 2020 BCEST 118 Lower Mainland Society for Community Living
  • Transcripts – complaint hearing
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  • Common control of direction
  • Financial support by related firm
    • 1994 CanLII 168 Remko’b Investments Ltd. v. British Columbia (Director of Employment Standards)
    • 1998 CanLII 6454 Ewachniuk v. British Columbia (Director of Employment Standards)
  • Integrated business operations
    • 2004 BCSC 508 Bartholomay v. Sportica Internet Technologies Inc. et al.
  • Interpretive approach
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  • Assessment of evidence
  • Delay in issuing
  • Duty to hear respondent [s. 77 of the ESA]
  • Issue estoppel (relitigating the same issue in another forum)
    • 2016 BCCA 457 Gorenshtein v. British Columbia (Employment Standards Tribunal)
  • Sufficiency of reasons
  • Technical irregularities [s. 123 of the ESA]
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  • Fees and payments
    • BC EST # RD106/09 Prince George Nannies and Caregivers Ltd.
    • 2010 BCSC 883 Prince George Nannies and Caregivers Ltd. v. British Columbia (Employment Standards Tribunal) [Judicial Review refused]
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  • Director/officer liability for hiring fees
  • Representations contained in employment contracts
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  • Analytical framework
  • Late applications (ss. 109(1)(b) and 116(2.1) of the ESA)
  • Raising new issues
    • BC EST # RD116/03 Paradigm Management (B.C.) Ltd.
    • 2003 BCSC 1729 Paradigm Management (B.C.) Ltd. v. Employment Standards et al. [Judicial Review refused]
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  • “Disposed of”
  • Employees terminated before disposition
  • Interpretive principles [successorship]
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  • 4% versus 6%
    • 2019 BCEST 10 Director of Employment Standards (I.G. Publications)
  • Banking unused vacation entitlement/s. 58(2)(b) [ESA] agreements
  • Employer’s obligation to ensure vacation leave is taken
  • Including vacation pay in commission rate
  • Recovery beyond statutory minimum
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  • Application requirements
  • Director’s duty to explain refusal to grant variance
  • Relevant considerations and governing principles
    • 2018 BCEST 63 Director of Employment Standards (Bayshore Healthcare Ltd.)
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  • Complaint filed by current employee
  • Recovery period where no complaint filed [s. 80(1)(b) of the ESA]
    • BC EST # RD103/14 Director of Employment Standards (0862284 B.C. Ltd. and Bourassa)
  • Vacation “carry-forward” agreements
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