Jeffrey R. Smith

Jeffrey R. Smith

Jeffrey R. Smith is senior editor, case law, and is also the employment law editor for Canadian HR Reporter. He has more than a decade of experience covering employment law issues and notable court decisions for these publications.

Jeffrey’s areas of expertise include employee terminations, employment standards, constructive dismissal, and workplace human rights.

He has maintained a blog discussing employment law issues since 2009 and hosts webinars and podcasts on various topics featuring experts in the HR and legal professions.

Jeffrey avidly follows several sports — and has dabbled in sports writing — and also enjoys sitting down with a good book.

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B.C. worker fired for causing workplace hazard, lying about it

'The trust relationship was broken and it’s hard to come back from that': lawyer

B.C. worker fired for causing workplace hazard, lying about it

No discrimination against worker who wouldn't wear face covering during pandemic

'It's a high bar on an employer to show it has taken all reasonable steps to accommodate an employee's disability to the point of undue hardship'

No discrimination against worker who wouldn't wear face covering during pandemic

Fired: Federal Court upholds dismissal of RBC worker for falsifying commissions

'When that element of trust is breached, it’s often just cause for dismissal': lawyer

Fired: Federal Court upholds dismissal of RBC worker for falsifying commissions

Worker not an independent contractor, entitled to unpaid wages, vacation pay: Board

Employer claimed worker hired as contractor, but controlled much of relationship

Worker not an independent contractor, entitled to unpaid wages, vacation pay: Board

Duty to accommodate discharged after worker declines lower-level position

'They exhausted all of the lateral moves… they spent years to get to that point'

Duty to accommodate discharged after worker declines lower-level position

B.C. hotel bar server breaches transaction reporting procedure, but doesn’t steal: arbitrator

Termination excessive for shortcut practiced by other employees; worker honest when questioned

B.C. hotel bar server breaches transaction reporting procedure, but doesn’t steal: arbitrator

Fired BC worker gets 18 months’ pay, $25,000 punitive damages

'An employer can't require an employee to do more upon termination than they agree to'

Fired BC worker gets 18 months’ pay, $25,000 punitive damages

Social media post about settlement breached confidentiality, non-disparagement clauses

Ontario worker named employer, co-worker; must pay back settlement payment

Social media post about settlement breached confidentiality, non-disparagement clauses

Positive test, management observations, expert opinion add up to firing for workplace impairment

'He was employed at such a safety-sensitive workplace where the default position is one of dismissal'

Positive test, management observations, expert opinion add up to firing for workplace impairment

Administrative leave for vaccine refusal not constructive dismissal, discrimination

CPR worker chose to not work by complying; vaccination required for railway workers

Administrative leave for vaccine refusal not constructive dismissal, discrimination