Employer Hit Hard for Discontinuing Disability Benefits Shortly After Termination – Landon Young

At times, employers despair at the perceived narrowing of the requirements of just cause for termination. With many adjudicators focused on…

Perhaps now more than ever before, the lawyers at Stringer LLP have been deeply engaged, supporting clients who face significant,…

When an employer terminates an employee without just cause in Ontario, it must either provide reasonable notice of the termination,…

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

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

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

In a recent blog, we discussed the trend toward the use of summary judgement motions to resolve wrongful dismissal actions. By…

Compliance with the new Employment Standard under AODA – Jessica Young

Employers be warned – engaging in high-handed, bullying behaviour when dismissing an employee may be a costly strategy. The Supreme…

It is common practice for employers to offer departing employees, who are being terminated without cause, a separation package in…

Would it be a constructive dismissal to refuse to pay an employee the third of a million dollars you owe…

Jeff Murray discusses social host liability for employers.

Allison Taylor discusses progressive discipline and termination for employee misconduct.

To be enforceable, non-competition agreements must, as a general rule, be reasonable and unambiguous in terms of their geographic scope,…

Allison Taylor will present this insightful webinar for the Ontario Bar Association on March 12.  She will discuss related issues including leaves…