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

By Landon Young and Natalie Caballero Employment lawyers and observers have been eagerly anticipating the release of the Ontario Court…

Employers are often unsure whether they have the right to ask for doctor’s notes (i.e. medical evidence) to justify employee…

The claim was filed 28 years ago by female employees of Canada Post with the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (the…

There has been a great deal of discussion and litigation across the country about the extent to which OH&S legislation…

Jeremy Schwartz discusses the recent certification of a class action against an employer, for the alleged privacy breaches committed by…

By Ryan Conlin and Jeremy Schwartz The Ontario government has introduced the Working for Workers Act, 2022, which contains significant proposed…

By: Jeremy Schwartz and Frank Portman We have written before on the decision of the Federal Court of Appeal in Johnstone…

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

In a decision that will all but certainly find its way to the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC), the Ontario…

Contracts of all kinds often fall apart over relatively minor details, despite the parties’ agreement on the majority of issues. …

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

By Jeffrey D.A. Murray Many employers across Canada are demanding their employees provide proof of vaccination against COVID-19 or face…

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

By: Ryan Conlin and Frank Portman The tragic Christmas Eve 2009 swing stage collapse which led to the deaths of four…