Even as the world grapples with variants and what appears to be the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, employers…

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

The Ontario Superior Court recently struck down a termination clause in an employment agreement because of a seemingly minor ambiguity….

To be enforceable, non-competition agreements must, as a general rule, be reasonable and unambiguous in terms of their geographic scope,…

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…

Jeff Murray discusses social host liability for employers.

In February, we wrote about a decision by the Federal Court of Appeal in Wilson v Atomic Energy Limited (see our earlier…

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

The Divisional Court recently upheld a trial decision finding that an employer did not defame a former employee when it…

By Jeremy Schwartz The Ontario Superior Court has ruled that an employer that implemented a layoff during the pandemic, which was “deemed”…

A recent Ontario Court of Appeal decision highlights the importance of maintaining composure – and not venting frustrations upon employees….

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

One of the more deceptively complex questions in some cases can be: Who is the employer? Many businesses and organizations…

As technology becomes more ubiquitous in the workplace, the importance of having proper policies and discipline to govern the use…

Employers are often told by their lawyers that satisfying a Court that there is “just cause” to terminate an employee…