Employers be warned – engaging in high-handed, bullying behaviour when dismissing an employee may be a costly strategy. The Supreme…

Many employers find it necessary to assess new employees’ performance on the job before making a final determination about whether…

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

By Jeremy Schwartz The Ontario Superior Court has ruled that an employer that implemented a layoff during the pandemic, which was “deemed”…

Continuing to Work Following Changes to Employment Not Considered Acceptance of Changes – Joe Morrison

A recent decision by the British Columbia Court of Appeal highlights the importance of carefully crafting written employment agreements whenever shares are…

Landon Young discusses how to avoid the fixed term contract trap.

When no work is available in a particular field, dismissed employees may undertake reasonable mitigation efforts by pursuing re-training to…

By: Allison Taylor Employers should be dismayed by the result in the recent case before the Ontario Court of Appeal…

Employers are often faced with the galling choice between asserting just cause for termination, and paying potentially large sums of…

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

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

When must a dismissed employee accept an offer of alternate employment with their employer? In some circumstances, employees will be…

In a recent decision, General Motors of Canada Limited v. Johnson, the Ontario Court of Appeal provided clarity on an employee’s…

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