Canadian employees are presumptively entitled to “reasonable notice” of termination.  Although this entitlement can be limited to some extent by…

Many employers find it necessary to assess new employees’ performance on the job before making a final determination about whether…

Anyone involved in the human resources side of management will be familiar with the concept of notice periods for terminated…

In a recent decision, the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld a lower court’s ruling that a citizen’s harassing behaviour toward…

In this webinar, Ryan Conlin and Landon Young provided guidance for employers on how to respond to the legal challenges…

The law on addiction has evolved over the years in arbitral jurisprudence.  Earlier decisions treated illness as a mitigating factor…

By: Jeremy D. Schwartz, Ryan J. Conlin and Erika M. Montisano Most of Ontario’s public health units are now well…

Employers, ever-weary of the next judicial pronouncement on the enforceability of specific termination clauses in employment contracts, may mark a…

The Ontario Superior Court recently confirmed that for a court to award damages based on the manner in which an…

Date: Dec 06, 2021 Vaccine mandates have been legally and politically controversial in Canada and around the world. We are…

Employers often avoid making significant, compliance-oriented changes for fear that employees will discover their rights have been violated for years…

Allison Taylor discusses progressive discipline and termination for employee misconduct.

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

One of the more deceptively complex questions in some cases can be: Who is the employer? Many businesses and organizations…

COVID-19 has caused unprecedented disruption in the economies all over the world. Employers who have had to lay off or…