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

Ryan Conlin and Jeremy Schwartz discuss Bill 146 and the potential impact on employers.

A new Regulation[1] under the OHSA will explicitly require that workers and supervisors receive basic occupational health and safety training as…

Allison discusses the difference between a valid and invalid resignation

By: Jeff Murray The Ontario Court of Appeal recently called “strike two” on Imperial Oil’s long-standing effort to conduct random…

By Jeremy Schwartz and Haadi Malik In 2020, the Federal Government introduced the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (“CERB”), which was…

Effective Management of Long-Term Disabled Employees: How to Navigate the Legal Minefield.  Please join us at the Delta Toronto Airport…

Jeremy Schwartz discusses the disturbing trend of employees forum shopping in human rights matters, and a recent HRTO decision which…

The Ontario Court of Appeal has released its concise decision in Brito v. Canac Kitchens, in which the court upheld a…

We’ve had a year to digest significant changes to labour and employment legislation, and the courts and tribunals continue to…

Vivianne Ponce discusses new OHS awareness training requirements in Ontario

An injured worker has succeeded in a human rights application against the Workplace Safety Insurance Board (“WSIB”). The case related to a…

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

By: Jeremy D. Schwartz, Ryan J. Conlin and Erika M. Montisano Most of Ontario’s public health units are now well…

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