Case Brief: On Reduction Of Employer Contributions To Retirees’ Medical Benefits

On November 21, 2013, the Supreme Court of Canada denied an employer's application for leave to appeal the BC Court of Appeal decision in Lacey v. Weyerhaeuser Company Limited, 2013 BCCA 252. That decision had awarded damages to 5 retirees for reductions made by the employer to its contribution to the cost of their medical benefits.

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