When is an owner also an “employee”?  The Supreme Court of Canada recently rendered a decision on the question of…

The Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace – Prevention, promotion and guidance to staged implementation (the “Standard”) was released by the…

By: Ryan Conlin & Jeremy Schwartz In one of the most significant decisions in recent memory, the Workplace Safety and…

The Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace – Prevention, promotion and guidance to staged implementation (the “Standard”) was released by the…

Jessica Young explains the inherent risks associated with “encouraging” employees to retire.

In the wake of the Divisional Court’s decision in the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board v Fair, human rights damages have been…

Since the Supreme Court decision in British Columbia (Workers’ Compensation Board) v. Figliola (“Figliola”), the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (the…

Among the amendments to Ontario’s human rights system in the past few years was the creation of a summary hearings…

 Controlling Costs in Defending Human Rights Complaints – Joe Morrison

The fundamental principle of workers’ compensation across Canada is that workers who suffer an injury “in the course of employment”…

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

Ryan Conlin and Frank Portman discuss the disturbing trend of increasingly large general damages awards in human rights litigation.

It has been a year since the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in British Columbia (Workers’ Compensation Board) v. Figliola (“Figliola”). In…

By: Jeremy Schwartz The Ontario Court of Appeal (ONCA) has quashed an arbitration award which upheld a just cause termination. …

In a decision that will surely draw attention across the country, the Alberta Human Rights Tribunal has awarded an employee 5 years…