Responding to Human Rights Harassment Complaints: Guidelines from the HRTO – Jeremy Schwartz

The Ontario Court of Appeal has released its concise decision in Brito v. Canac Kitchens, in which the court upheld a…

Allison discusses the difference between a valid and invalid resignation

The Alberta Court of Queen’s bench recently reviewed the arbitrator’s decision in SMS Equipment, a case on which we have written before (see…

Supreme Court Allows Employees to “Double-Up” on Pregnancy and Parental Benefits A regular point of contention between unions and employers…

A recent decision out of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice confirms that employees cannot give, contractually agreed, notice of…

The Ontario Labour Relations Board (the “Board”) has issued a landmark decision which clears the path for Foodora couriers to…

While employee theft is frequently grounds for termination, shades of grey do appear in the case law. In a recent…

By: Jeremy Schwartz and Jessica Young Recently, the Ontario Government provided new details regarding the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (the “ORPP”). The…

The Ontario Superior Court recently struck down a termination clause in an employment agreement because of a seemingly minor ambiguity….

Employers who only provide the minimum amounts required by employment standards legislation after termination are gambling. Sometimes this approach can…

Jeremy Schwartz discusses a recent Ontario Court of Appeal decision that upheld a landmark retroactive loss of earnings award from…

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

Employers have a duty to accommodate employees with disabilities to the point of undue hardship, including facilitating the return to…

When employees allege harassment in human rights complaints, they often refer to the creation of a “poisoned work environment.”  A…