Allison Taylor will present this insightful webinar for the Ontario Bar Association on March 12.  She will discuss related issues including leaves…

“A Lawyer’s Perspective on Pot in the Workplace” – Ryan Conlin speaks to CBC Radio on Here and Now Toronto 

It is a good practice for employers to have employees sign a full and final release when their employment is…

The World Health Organization has declared COVID-19 a global pandemic.  Not since H1N1 and SARS before that, have employers faced…

When is a single, serious instance of misconduct just cause for termination, particularly for a long-service employee? In Fernandes v. Peel…

In British Columbia (Workers’ Compensation Board) v. Figliola, a decision released in October 2011, the Supreme Court of Canada found that…

Canadian employees are presumptively entitled to “reasonable notice” of termination.  Although this entitlement can be limited to some extent by…

Many employers prepare written employment agreements that limit employee entitlements on termination of employment. In the absence of an enforceable…

To be enforceable, non-competition agreements must, as a general rule, be reasonable and unambiguous in terms of their geographic scope,…

Obese Resident Awarded Preferred Parking Space – Jeremy D. Schwartz

The Alberta Court of Appeal recently upheld a trial decision that struck a termination clause down as unenforceable. The Facts…

In April of 2009, a little known law called the Apology Act (the “Act”) entered into force.  A very short act, it primarily…

Anyone involved in the human resources side of management will be familiar with the concept of notice periods for terminated…

In a unique set of circumstances, the Ontario Superior Court recently found that changes to an employment contract which benefited…

In a recent case, Peel Law Association v. Pieters, the Divisional Court overturned a decision of the Human Rights Tribunal finding…