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So you’ve been terminated. Perhaps you saw it coming, and the termination occurred after many months of shifting duties, or an outright demotion, or a pay cut. Maybe you were blindsided, and what you thought was a stable, long-term position...

These are especially uncertain times if you are looking to re-enter or find stability in the workforce. Many people, like you, are navigating today’s novel employment issues alone, without a full understanding of what their rights are under law.  Clients...

Today we received news that we had won an employment standards claim. Our client received wages, annual vacation pay, compensation for length of service and accrued interest. We are pleased with the result!

Martin Sheard co-presented to the Canadian Bar Association today regarding legal considerations to do with returning to work subsequent to the COVID-19 shutdown. Martin's co-presenter was Valerie Dixon, senior legal counsel to the City of Vancouver. The presentation was well...

Martin Sheard successfully advocated for nine months' pay, a wrongfully withheld bonus and court costs for our client in a case released in May 2020.

For many years employment law has wrestled with the interplay between injuries which are compensable under workers' compensation legislation and punitive damages. The question has been whether an individual can ask the court to punish the perpetrator of harm, or...

I cannot keep up with the inquiries stemming from COVID-19 and its impact on workplaces. This article is intended to lay out some of my general thoughts, in the hopes that clients and potential clients can first read it and...

C.A. v. Aya Lasers, 2019 BCSC 42 Following a successful three-day trial, Martin Sheard won costs and recovered disbursements against the defendant in the above-noted matter, totaling $11,000.

Martin Sheard secured his client general and moral damages in a landslide victory following a three day trial in C.A. v. Aya Lasers Inc. Facts The plaintiff in Aya Lasers was employed by the Defendant for seven months prior to...

C. A. v. Aya Lasers, 2018 BCSC 2458 Martin Sheard prevented a further delay of his client’s trial in the above-noted matter when he successfully resisted an adjournment application by the defendant. The defendant terminated its counsel and hired new...