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AN ALBERTA company must pay a managerial
employee it fired without cause compensation for
eight months' notice of dismissal with no deduc-
tions reflecting a pandemic pay cut during the notice
period, the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench has ruled.
Canadian Energy Services (CES), based in Calgary,
is a provider of drilling fluids and production and
specialty chemicals for the oil and gas industry. Kendra
Hunsley, 35, joined CES in 2012 as a drilling fluid
programmer after six years as a chemist with other
employers in the industry. She has a university degree
in chemistry and was registered with the Association
of the Chemical Profession of Alberta.
Hunsley's job duties included preparing drilling
fluid proposals, interpreting and preparing well
reports, preparing tour sheets, data comprehension,
constructing well synopses and area maps, preparing
reviews, and planning. In August 2014, she was
promoted to assistant manager, technical services,
and she supervised other drilling fluids programmers
while performing the same duties.
A NOVA SCOTIA employer may not have
handled the discipline and termination of a
worker properly, but it didn't discriminate
against her, the Nova Scotia Board of Inquiry
has ruled.
Darlene Lawrence was a counsellor for
Searidge Foundation, a federally incorpor
-
ated non-profit drug addiction treatment
centre in Upper Clements, N.S., starting in
December 2016. She had two decades of coun-
selling experience prior to joining Searidge.
She reported to the foundation's director, and
when Lawrence started at Searidge, she was the
only Black employee.
Lawrence proposed counselling a client
in a format that involved the client's family,
and Searidge's director approved. However, he
June 16, 2021
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Ten months' pay in lieu of notice —
with no pandemic reductions
Alberta worker awarded 10 months' notice at full pay,
despite a company-wide pay cut during the notice period
Nova Scotia employer's questionable
investigations, discipline not discriminatory
Worker felt singled out and unfairly disciplined,
but no evidence it was based on her race or ethnicity
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