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

The Ontario Superior Court recently allowed an employee to proceed with claims against his former employer regarding long-term disability insurance,…

In a past Stringer Update, Releases Protect Employers from Human Rights Complaints, we emphasized the importance of having terminated employees sign…

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

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

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

Taking the Panic out of Pandemic Planning – Ryan Conacher

The Court of Appeal recently confirmed that an employer defamed an ex-employee when the employer filed a false report with…

By: Jeremy D. Schwartz, Ryan J. Conlin and Erika M. Montisano Most of Ontario’s public health units are now well…

Notwithstanding the best wishes of employers, there are times when employees have to be let go for purely financial reasons. …

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Responding to Human Rights Harassment Complaints: Guidelines from the HRTO – Jeremy Schwartz

Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice recently struck down a release signed at a termination meeting.  Read more about this interesting…

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

Summary judgment has increasingly become a process used to litigate wrongful dismissal actions. It can be attractive as it allows…