2014 Q1 StringerLLP HR Law Webinar, Segment 1: Alcohol & Drug Testing Update

The Boyce decision establishes that at least in some instances injured workers are free to attempt to concurrently pursue Human…

By Ryan Conlin and Jeremy Schwartz Can a supervisor be found criminally negligent when he knowingly allows a worker to…

For years the term “Right to Work” state has been synonymous with jurisdictions in the American South, where unions have…

As an Ontario employer, it is sometimes hard to shake the impression the standard of OH&S due diligence applied by…

In a recent application to the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, the Tribunal found that an employer facing an economic…

Mayor Rob Ford is planning to privatize many police janitorial jobs in his ongoing campaign to contract out city services. …

Although the final report from The Changing Workplaces Review is not expected until later this year, the Ontario New Democratic Party (“NDP”)…

Allison Taylor explains the unfavourable result of a recent judicial review decision in Alberta concerning family status discrimination.

Jessica Young discusses a recent record setting human rights damages award.

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

The integration of workplace violence and harassment protections into occupational health and safety legislation has been a theme in Canada…

Constructors, including many owners who directly hire and oversee contractors on their properties, must have strong and meaningful safety programs in…

By Jeff Murray and Jeremy Schwartz Operating as a unionized, construction contractor in Ontario means navigating a maze of overlapping,…

Jeff Murray discusses the recent Supreme Court of Canada decision concerning the closure of a Wal-Mart store after it unionized.

Employers are now required to post the new workplace poster “Health & Safety at Work – Prevention Starts Here”  in…