Allison Taylor discusses recent decisions from the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario suggesting a disturbing trend in that tribunal permitting…

It is a good practice for employers to have employees sign a full and final release when their employment is…

The AODA Employment Standard deadlines are not as far away as they may seem. The Employment Standard is one of…

Jeremy Schwartz discusses a recent Ontario Court of Appeal decision that upheld a landmark retroactive loss of earnings award from…

Effective Management of Long-Term Disabled Employees: How to Navigate the Legal Minefield.  Please join us at the Delta Toronto Airport…

Ryan Conlin and Frank Portman discuss the disturbing trend of increasingly large general damages awards in human rights litigation.

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

Marijuana will soon be legal for recreational use nationwide and many employers are scrambling to respond to the challenges this…

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

Employers are often unsure whether they have the right to ask for doctor’s notes (i.e. medical evidence) to justify employee…

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

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

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

Frank Portman discusses a recent Ontario Court of Appeal decision which greatly increased the scope of general and other damages…