The law on addiction has evolved over the years in arbitral jurisprudence.  Earlier decisions treated illness as a mitigating factor…

Alberta Human Rights Tribunal Awards Employee $650,000 – Kelly McDermott

The law governing family status discrimination under human rights legislation is unsettled and varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction.  A new…

In a recent decision of the Supreme Court of Canada, the Court dealt with the issue of awarding legal costs…

The planned legalization of marijuana will likely have a dramatic impact on the workplace. This is particularly so given the…

The tragic deaths of four workers at a Toronto construction site on December 24, 2009 quickly became one of the…

Ryan Conlin summarizes and comments upon the significant amendments Bill 18 has effected to Ontario’s Employment Standards Act, Workplace Safety…

Most of us are well aware that at about 4 a.m. this morning, the Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB) ruled…

Discrimination Case Reversed by the Courts: Are we Entering a New Era? – Allison Taylor

In what can only be described as a fairly novel case, a Union brought a grievance to the Labour Relations Board on…

In April, we blogged that the Supreme Court of Canada had granted leave to appeal a decision regarding the random alcohol testing…

The Ontario Human Rights Code (the “Code”) was recently amended to add “gender identity or gender expression” as a ground of discrimination….

In an urgent motion heard on June 16, 2011, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice ordered Canada Post Workers’ union, the…

By: Ryan J. Conlin Recent amendments to the Ontario Provincial Offences Act (“POA”) now permit court filings, trials and other court proceedings to…

Since the early 1980s, plaintiffs have been precluded from bringing court actions solely predicated on suffering discrimination or harassment under…