Ryan Conlin and Frank Portman discuss the disturbing trend of increasingly large general damages awards in human rights litigation.
Parador Support / About Author
Related Posts
Holiday Webinar 5: Religious Accommodation (Demo)
Amanda Boyce discusses accommodation obligations for non-Christian observers.
21 Dec 2016
Bank of Nova Scotia Overtime Class-Action Settles Out of Court
Employers often avoid making significant, compliance-oriented changes for fear that employees will discover their rights have been violated for years…
27 Aug 2014
Class Action Employment Lawsuit Filed Against Canadian Hockey League
Hot on the heels of the announcement of the recent MOL enforcement blitz, a freshly filed statement of claim in…
20 Oct 2014
Court Strikes Down Release Signed on Termination of Employment – Landon Young & Jeremy Schwartz (Demo)
By: Landon Young & Jeremy Schwartz A release of claims signed by an employee upon termination has been struck down…
18 Jun 2012
When Can a Terminated Employee Reject an Offer of Re-Employment? (Demo)
By: Landon Young and Jessica Young Does a terminated employee have a duty to accept an offer of re-employment after termination? This issue…
25 Sep 2015
WSIB RETURN TO WORK DECISIONS: ARE THEY BINDING ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNAL? (Demo)
The Boyce decision establishes that at least in some instances injured workers are free to attempt to concurrently pursue Human…
14 Sep 2010
Employer Hit Hard for Discontinuing Disability Benefits Shortly After Termination – Landon Young (Demo)
Employer Hit Hard for Discontinuing Disability Benefits Shortly After Termination – Landon Young
17 Oct 2011
Court Strikes Down Termination Provision that Provides For Salary During Notice Period
Increasingly, the courts are striking down termination provisions in employment contracts resulting in lengthy common law notice awards to employees. …
22 May 2015
Alberta Human Rights Tribunal Awards Five Years of Back Pay and Reinstatement
In a decision that will surely draw attention across the country, the Alberta Human Rights Tribunal has awarded an employee 5 years…
21 Feb 2013
Is the Sky Falling? Family Status Discrimination and Shift Shopping (Demo)
By: Ryan Conlin & Frank Portman In most jurisdictions in Canada, human rights legislation prohibits discrimination on the basis of…
07 Mar 2014
Human Rights Tribunal Discourages Unnecessary Naming of Personal Respondents in Applications
In Sterling v Wendy’s Restaurant, the applicants (a former Wendy’s employee and his wife), named 14 personal respondents, who were members…
07 Sep 2011
Human Rights Tribunal Finds that WSIB Discriminated Against an Injured Worker for Refusing to Provide Direct Deposit of Benefit Payments (Demo)
An injured worker has succeeded in a human rights application against the Workplace Safety Insurance Board (“WSIB”). The case related to a…
26 Nov 2012
What’s cause got to do with it?
At times, employers despair at the perceived narrowing of the requirements of just cause for termination. With many adjudicators focused on…
08 Jul 2014
Superior Court Confirms that Employers can Fundamentally Change Employment Contracts with Reasonable Notice (Demo)
In Lancia v. Park Dentistry, the Ontario Superior Court confirmed that employers can change the fundamental terms of an employee’s employment,…
11 Jul 2018
Lessons from the HR Trenches
Perhaps now more than ever before, the lawyers at Stringer LLP have been deeply engaged, supporting clients who face significant,…
10 Sep 2021