Discrimination Case Reversed by the Courts: Are we Entering a New Era? – Allison Taylor

By: Ryan Conlin and Frank Portman Human Rights Tribunals across the country have been issuing damage awards which have raised…

Obese Resident Awarded Preferred Parking Space – Jeremy D. Schwartz

The Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace – Prevention, promotion and guidance to staged implementation (the “Standard”) was released by the…

Contracts of all kinds often fall apart over relatively minor details, despite the parties’ agreement on the majority of issues. …

 Controlling Costs in Defending Human Rights Complaints – Joe Morrison

Jeremy Schwartz discusses the disturbing trend of employees forum shopping in human rights matters, and a recent HRTO decision which…

As readers of our Blog and recent update are aware, the blockbuster Supreme Court decision in British Columbia (Workers’ Compensation Board) v. Figliola,…

The World Health Organization has declared COVID-19 a global pandemic.  Not since H1N1 and SARS before that, have employers faced…

As we have noted in previous updates, the size of general damages awarded by human rights tribunals has trended sharply…

Ontario’s Divisional Court recently confirmed that employers have a right to ask employees to undergo an Independent Medical Examination (“IME”)…

The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has heard many cases brought by injured workers against the Workplace Safety and Insurance…

Date: Mar 04. 2022 The Omicron wave appears to be receding and there is cautious optimism that the worst of…

The Ontario Human Rights Code (the “Code”) was recently amended to add “gender identity or gender expression” as a ground of discrimination….

Alberta Human Rights Tribunal Awards Employee $650,000 – Kelly McDermott

The law is clear that an employer is required to accommodate employees with a “disability” up to the point of…