Rehiring Former Employees: Avoiding the Risk of “Continuous Employment” – Allison Taylor

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

When is a single, serious instance of misconduct just cause for termination, particularly for a long-service employee? In Fernandes v. Peel…

Jeff Murray discusses a recent landmark contract decision from the Supreme Court of Canada

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

The claim was filed 28 years ago by female employees of Canada Post with the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (the…

Many employers include termination clauses in employment contracts to limit their liability when dismissing employees. When employers draft generous termination…

Jeremy Schwartz discusses recent punitive damages awards in Ontario

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

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

This is segment 2 of 5 from our Q3 webinar held on Thursday, October 10, “Recent Developments in Summary Judgement Motions”

The Alberta Court of Appeal recently upheld a trial decision that struck a termination clause down as unenforceable. The Facts…

Allison Taylor discusses the recent Federal Court of Appeal decision which outlined a new, balanced test for family status discrimination…

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

#MeToo has quickly caught wind as a widespread movement that sheds light on the prevalence of sexual assault and harassment,…