2013 Q4 StringerLLP HR Law Webinar, Segment 4: Punitive Damages

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We’ve had a year to digest significant changes to labour and employment legislation, and the courts and tribunals continue to…

During this edition of Stringer LLP’s complimentary Quarterly HR-Law Webinar series, broadcast on Monday, January 20, 2020, Ryan Conlin, Jeremy Schwartz and Erika Montisano discussed…

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

The Ontario government introduced Bill 66, Restoring Ontario’s Competitiveness Act, 2018 on December 6, 2018. Bill 66 passed First Reading, and is…

The calendar has now changed over to 2015, and with the New Year comes an interesting legal situation for certain…

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

By: Jeremy D. Schwartz and Frank B. Portman The recent Supreme Court decision in Sattva Capital Corp v Creston Moly Corp …

COVID-19 has caused unprecedented disruption in the economies all over the world. Employers who have had to lay off or…

By: Jeremy Schwartz & Frank Portman We have written before that heightened fears of US-sized punitive damage awards in employment law decisions…

Don’t Forget to Consider “Consideration” – Jeremy Schwartz

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

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

Canadian employers have been confronted with a veritable ocean of new government programs, which are designed to help weather the…

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