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In a recent Court of Appeal Decision, Elsegood v Cambridge Spring Services, the Court awarded common law damages to an employee…

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

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

Employers who only provide the minimum amounts required by employment standards legislation after termination are gambling. Sometimes this approach can…

Jessica Young explains the inherent risks associated with “encouraging” employees to retire.

Even as the world grapples with variants and what appears to be the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, employers…

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

When no work is available in a particular field, dismissed employees may undertake reasonable mitigation efforts by pursuing re-training to…

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

The Ontario Superior Court has ruled that an employee who continued to work for 15 months following a change in…

Employers are often told by their lawyers that satisfying a Court that there is “just cause” to terminate an employee…

By: Landon Young and Jessica Young   Non-unionized employees are entitled to “reasonable notice” of termination under the common law, or…

Employers that decide to implement a profit sharing plan for employees should make sure that the terms of the plan…

Just cause is a difficult standard for employers to meet. In most cases, employees who are terminated from employment will…