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

By: Jeremy D. Schwartz and Frank B. Portman The recent Supreme Court decision in Sattva Capital Corp v Creston Moly Corp …

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

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

Frank Portman discusses a recent Ontario Court of Appeal decision which greatly increased the scope of general and other damages…

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

By: Jeremy Schwartz and Jessica Young Recently, the Ontario Government provided new details regarding the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (the “ORPP”). The…

In what can only be described as a fairly novel case, a Union brought a grievance to the Labour Relations Board on…

Navigating the intricate legal environment of a merger, acquisition, takeover or other corporate restructuring can be difficult enough without the…

Amanda discusses the law on bonus eligibility during the reasonable notice period

Jeff Murray discusses a recent Alberta Court of Queens Bench decision that overturned an arbitration panel’s finding that Suncor’s random…

Mayor Rob Ford is planning to privatize many police janitorial jobs in his ongoing campaign to contract out city services. …

An Ontario Court has signaled that it is prepared to adjudicate wrongful dismissal cases very quickly where the employer has not asserted…

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

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