A new month, a new blitz!  In keeping with its practice of conducting new health and safety “blitzes” every month,…

It is becoming increasingly difficult for employers to understand what language is required in order for a termination clause to…

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

Ontario’s Divisional Court has overturned a lower court decision, finding instead that an employee could not pursue a wrongful dismissal…

Employers often avoid making significant, compliance-oriented changes for fear that employees will discover their rights have been violated for years…

Employers have made their plans; they’ve hunkered down; and they’ve sheltered in place. As we traverse the long and winding…

By: Jeremy Schwartz and Frank Portman A recent French language decision from the Ontario Superior Court of Justice indicates that…

By: Jeremy D. Schwartz As we explained in our recent Update, at the end of May 2020 the Ontario government introduced…

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

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

The Ontario government just passed a law to provide protection for servers and other employees who commonly receive tips. Under Bill 12, Protecting…

The Alberta Court of Appeal recently upheld a trial decision that struck a termination clause down as unenforceable. The Facts…

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

When an employer terminates an employee without just cause in Ontario, it must either provide reasonable notice of the termination,…