When is an owner also an “employee”?  The Supreme Court of Canada recently rendered a decision on the question of…

Employers have made their plans; they’ve hunkered down; and they’ve sheltered in place. As we traverse the long and winding…

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

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act: What Employers Need to Know Now – Jessica Young

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

Jurisdiction over employment in First Nations and aboriginal employers can be a complicated issue.  Until recently, different courts seemed to…

In April of 2009, a little known law called the Apology Act (the “Act”) entered into force.  A very short act, it primarily…

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

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

Premier Kathleen Wynne announced this morning that the Ontario government would introduce new legislation aimed at increasing pay transparency as…

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice recently ruled in Bowes v. Goss Power Products Ltd., that a fairly standard termination provision…

The recent admission of a large number of new health professions to those recognized in the Ontario Regulated Health Professions Act,…

When must a dismissed employee accept an offer of alternate employment with their employer? In some circumstances, employees will be…

A recent decision of the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (the “Tribunal”), Hussey v. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Peterborough Incorporated (“BBBS”), is…

Many employers prepare written employment agreements that limit employee entitlements on termination of employment. In the absence of an enforceable…