The Canadian law on workplace violence and harassment continues to develop, particularly in relation to the duty to investigate. Employers…

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

Over a period of five months, Crown Metal Packaging Canada LP provided Mr. Di Tomaso with five notices of termination, containing four…

By Jeremy Schwartz The Ontario Superior Court has ruled that an employer that implemented a layoff during the pandemic, which was “deemed”…

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

You are an employer that has just received a harassment complaint from an employee. The complaint is against a valued…

The U.S. Labour Department has recently commenced an initiative to require employers to prepare and adopt compliance plans to ensure…

Among the amendments to Ontario’s human rights system in the past few years was the creation of a summary hearings…

Perhaps, when an ex-employee takes six years to “discover” that they were wrongfully dismissed. Thankfully, the Ontario Court of Appeal…

Register Now! As always, our goal is to provide a concise, high-level summary of the most significant legal developments affecting…

Corporate restructuring is often accompanied by lawsuits by jilted employees claiming constructive dismissal.  In a recent case, the Ontario Court…

By: Landon Young and Jessica Young “Change or die” has become a truism in business today.  Employers must be able…

We have previously written on the decision of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Danbury v 1416088 Ontario Ltd (see our…

By: Ryan Conlin & Frank Portman In most jurisdictions in Canada, human rights legislation prohibits discrimination on the basis of…

Jeremy Schwartz compares the results of two termination grievances arising out of racist and misogynistic tweets.