Calen Nixon

Calen (he/him/his) advises provincial and federally-regulated employers in all areas of labour and employment law, including:

Employment agreements;
Workplace policies;
Workplace investigations;
Employment standards;
Discipline and dismissals;
Compensation and benefit matters;
Reorganizations;
Bargaining and collective agreement disputes;
Human rights matters; and
Workplace safety and workers’ compensation matters.

Calen is the team lead of the firm’s labour and employment practice group. Calen regularly appears before various administrative tribunals including the Saskatchewan Labour Relations Board. He has successfully appeared before all levels of court in Saskatchewan.

Calen is also an experienced commercial litigator who advises clients regarding complex shareholder, agriculture and intellectual property disputes. He also advises regarding professional regulatory and discipline matters.

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May 16, 2024

Workplace Violence Policy requirements following amendments to The Saskatchewan Employment Act

Susan B. Barber, K.C., C.Dir., Calen Nixon & Munir Abdulhadi

Article

Last year, the Government of Saskatchewan passed An Act to amend The Saskatchewan Employment Act, 2023, which amends provisions of The Saskatchewan Employment Act (the “ SEA”), including workplace violence policy obligations for employers. Previously, section 3-21(1) of the SEA only required employers operating at a “prescribed placed of employment...

March 18, 2024

Pitfalls in Drafting Termination Clauses in Employment Contracts

Alyssa Phen, Calen Nixon & Nicole T.M. Tryhorn

Case Comment

In this blog post, we review two recent Alberta decisions which emphasize the importance of incorporating clear and unambiguous termination clauses in employment agreements, as well as the consequences for employers when such clauses fall short of this standard. Generally, courts will not uphold a termination clause in an employment agreement that...

January 4, 2024

Update: Changes to the Canada Labour Code prohibiting the use of replacement workers

Alyssa Phen & Calen Nixon

Article

On November 9, 2023, the federal government introduced legislation which would ban the use of replacement workers in federally-regulated sectors during strikes and lockouts. This is the latest in a series of recent or anticipated changes to the Canada Labour Code, RSC 1985, c L-2 (the “Code”). Bill C-58, An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code and...

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