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

Summary judgment has increasingly become a process used to litigate wrongful dismissal actions. It can be attractive as it allows…

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

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

The Court of Appeal recently confirmed that an employer defamed an ex-employee when the employer filed a false report with…

In a recent decision, the Alberta Court of Appeal strongly affirmed employers’ right to terminate employees without cause, and without…

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

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

By: Jeremy Schwartz Some organizations subscribe to the close your eyes and think good thoughts school of drafting, when it comes to…

One of the more deceptively complex questions in some cases can be: Who is the employer? Many businesses and organizations…

Employers have made their plans; they’ve hunkered down; and they’ve sheltered in place. As we traverse the long and winding…

While employee theft is frequently grounds for termination, shades of grey do appear in the case law. In a recent…

Date: Mar 28. 2022 The Ontario Government has proposed significant legislative changes that may impact how accident investigations and enforcement…

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

The Ontario Superior Court has ruled that an employee who continued to work for 15 months following a change in…