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

Perhaps now more than ever before, the lawyers at Stringer LLP have been deeply engaged, supporting clients who face significant,…

Ontario’s Divisional Court recently confirmed that employers have a right to ask employees to undergo an Independent Medical Examination (“IME”)…

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

Canadian employers have been confronted with a veritable ocean of new government programs, which are designed to help weather the…

In 2011, the Supreme Court of Canada released its decision in British Columbia (Workers’ Compensation Board) v Figliola (“Figliola”). The Figliola decision addressed the…

Employers are still wrestling with the consequences of the Supreme Court’s landmark decision on the random drug and alcohol testing…

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

In Thompson v. 1552754 Ontario Inc., the applicant was employed as a counter person at the respondent’s coffee shop. The applicant…

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

By: Jeremy Schwartz and Amanda Boyce In-house counsel is often the unsung hero of a legal saga, having guided their…

The AODA Employment Standard deadlines are not as far away as they may seem. The Employment Standard is one of…

Jeremy Schwartz discusses how to avoid and address workplace sexual harassment.

Discrimination Case Reversed by the Courts: Are we Entering a New Era? – Allison Taylor

The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (the “Tribunal”) recently awarded $101,363.16, representing four years’ lost salary, and $15,000.00 for injury to dignity,…