“The onus of proving just cause is on an employer – they need to be coming into any form of hearing, whether with Employment Standards or in a court, with real evidence of wrongdoing and not just suspicions.”
So says labour and employment lawyer Dylan Snowdon of Carbert Waite in Calgary, after the Alberta Labour Relations Board found that an employer claiming just cause for dismissal had no real evidence to support it other than inferences.
The worker was an operator with Bulldog Energy Group, an oilfield equipment supplier based in Nisku, Alta. He worked at a small camp in Mannville, Alta.
