Labor & Employment Law

Application To Vacate Refugee Status
Next Monday I will be in the beautiful city of Montreal, QC to represent my client who is facing an application to vacate his refugee status. An application to vacate is generally rare, and is an application made by the...

How A Refugee Can Bring His Or Her Spouse To Canada
Mike Bell, Immigration Lawyer with Bell Riley Achtari Despatis & Setzer of Ottawa, explains how a refugee can bring his or her spouse to Canada. If someone has convention refugee status and they have a spouse overseas, they need to indicate on their application that they have a spouse overseas that they want included in their [...

Canadian Immigration and Refugee Law #4: National Status
In this podcast, we will consider the different types of status that may be held by an individual in Canada - Citizen, Permanent Resident, and Foreign National. We will begin a preliminary examination of the effect a different status can make on one’s rights, which shall be expanded upon throughout the course...

Fourth Edition of The Refugee Law Reader Now Online
The Fourth Edition of The Refugee Law Reader is now online. The Reader, created by a group of international refugee law specialists and published by the Hungarian Helsinki Committee, is the first comprehensive on-line model curriculum for the study of...

Thales Australia - Legal Counsel
IP Down Under at http://ipdownunder.com/thales-australia-legal-counsel/.Thales Australia is a premier provider of integrated systems, products and services in the defence, security and civil markets in Australia and throughout the world...

How to make a refugee claim in Canada
The process to initiate a refugee claim/claim for protection in Canada is relatively straightforward. There is a lot of information about how Canada determines refugee protection on line...

Workers Compensation Overview
Federal laws that cover workplace injuries

H-1B Visas
How to get professional worker's visa

Signal International
allegedly lured foreign workers to US shipyards with false promises of permanent resident status.

Australia
Reported $4.5 million settlement for wrongful deportation.

Wendy's International Inc.
allegedly fired illegal immigrant employees after missing a deadline to obtain legal status.

Perdue Farms Faces Class Action By Hourly Workers
Perdue Farms Faces Class Action by Hourly Workers

Cintas Settles Laundry Workers' Class Action for $6.5 Million
Cintas Settles Laundry Workers' Class Action for $6.5 Million

Retired Steel Workers Win Pension Benefits Class Action for $51 Million
Retired Steel Workers Win Pension Benefits Class Action for $51 Million