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

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

Navigating the intricate legal environment of a merger, acquisition, takeover or other corporate restructuring can be difficult enough without the…

The ongoing flare-up of the ebola virus is currently front page news.  Notwithstanding that as of the time of this…

By: Jeff Murray The Ontario Court of Appeal recently called “strike two” on Imperial Oil’s long-standing effort to conduct random…

In a recent decision, Association of Justice Counsel v. Canada (Attorney General), the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld the constitutionality of…

The Ontario MOL has announced a safety inspection blitz in October regarding personal protective equipment (PPE). Now more than ever,…

By: Jeremy D. Schwartz As we explained in our recent Update, at the end of May 2020 the Ontario government introduced…

Jessica Young discusses the new protected leaves of absence under Ontario’s Employment Standards Act

Terminating employees in Canada can be expensive. Non-unionized employees are owed “reasonable notice” under the common law, or pay in…

One of the most interesting questions that arose after the Bill C-45 amendments to the Criminal Code, is whether a defendant…

By: Landon Young and Jessica Young Does a terminated employee have a duty to accept an offer of re-employment after termination? This issue…

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

Jeff Murray discusses a recent Alberta Court of Queens Bench decision that overturned an arbitration panel’s finding that Suncor’s random…