In Klonteig v West Kelowna (District), the British Columbia Superior Court found that an employer that terminated a firefighter for driving…

Bill 30, An Act to Amend the Employment Standards Act, 2000 in respect of family caregiver leave, went through its second…

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

A recent decision, the Court of Appeal, Mady Development Corp. v. Rossetto, clarified an employee’s entitlement to bonuses who has breached…

At times, employers despair at the perceived narrowing of the requirements of just cause for termination. With many adjudicators focused on…

In a recent Court of Appeal Decision, Elsegood v Cambridge Spring Services, the Court awarded common law damages to an employee…

A well-drafted contract protects not only the company but also its employees and senior personnel. In a recent decision, Richards v….

Jeremy Schwartz compares the results of two termination grievances arising out of racist and misogynistic tweets.

A recent Ontario Court of Appeal decision highlights the importance of maintaining composure – and not venting frustrations upon employees….

The U.S. Labour Department has recently commenced an initiative to require employers to prepare and adopt compliance plans to ensure…

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

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

Frank discusses how to best ensure you may rely on disciplinary records to prove just cause

In the second quarter of 2014, the Ministry of Labour conducted an enforcement “blitz,” targeting companies in several sectors with intern…