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

Ryan Conlin and Jeremy Schwartz discuss a landmark WSIAT decision which held sections of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act…

By: Ryan Conlin & Frank Portman A recent case from Ontario’s Human Rights Tribunal is a stark reminder of how…

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

By: Ryan Conlin and Jeremy Schwartz An Ontario Court may have altered the legal landscape with respect to sentencing corporations…

Frank Portman discusses a recent Ontario Court of Appeal decision which greatly increased the scope of general and other damages…

By: Ryan Conlin & Jeremy Schwartz Hire a contractor and you may inadvertently face liability as a “constructor” under Ontario’s Occupational…

In Ontario v J.R. Contracting Property Services, a manager was convicted of failing to provide adequate fall protection to a worker…

After 19 years of protracted litigation, the Human Rights Tribunal of Alberta has now awarded a former employee of Mobil…

Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice has affirmed the long-standing principle that you cannot sue for a free-standing violation of a…

The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that Walmart violated the statutory freeze in Québec’s labour legislation when it closed a store…

As we have noted in previous updates, the size of general damages awarded by human rights tribunals has trended sharply…

Marijuana will soon be legal for recreational use nationwide and many employers are scrambling to respond to the challenges this…

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

Responding to a request from Toronto’s City Council, Ontario has passed Bill 150 which bans strikes and lockouts by TTC…