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

By: Ryan J. Conlin and Jeremy D. Schwartz Historically, workers’ compensation law placed a highly restrictive definition on traumatic mental…

In a past Stringer Update, Releases Protect Employers from Human Rights Complaints, we emphasized the importance of having terminated employees sign…

Premier Kathleen Wynne announced this morning that the Ontario government would introduce new legislation aimed at increasing pay transparency as…

As technology becomes more ubiquitous in the workplace, the importance of having proper policies and discipline to govern the use…

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act: What Employers Need to Know Now – Jessica Young

By: Landon Young There have been a number of cases in recent years considering whether dismissed employees are entitled to awards…

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

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

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice recently ruled in Bowes v. Goss Power Products Ltd., that a fairly standard termination provision…

Hot on the heels of the announcement of the recent MOL enforcement blitz, a freshly filed statement of claim in…

The Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration Canada has made several announcements over the past couple weeks regarding proposed changes to…

In a recent decision, the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld a lower court’s ruling that a citizen’s harassing behaviour toward…

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

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