Ryan Conlin summarizes and comments upon the significant amendments Bill 18 has effected to Ontario’s Employment Standards Act, Workplace Safety…

Jeff Murray discusses social host liability for employers.

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

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

The Canadian law on workplace violence and harassment continues to develop, particularly in relation to the duty to investigate. Employers…

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

Disability management is a challenging issue for HR professionals. An employee with a disability may require an extended absence from…

A business’ obligations to its workers will depend on whether the workers are employees or independent contractors. However, a recent…

It is common practice for employers to offer departing employees, who are being terminated without cause, a separation package in…

COVID-19 has caused unprecedented disruption in the economies all over the world. Employers who have had to lay off or…

When an employer terminates an employee without just cause in Ontario, it must either provide reasonable notice of the termination,…

The Ontario government introduced Bill 66, Restoring Ontario’s Competitiveness Act, 2018 on December 6, 2018. Bill 66 passed First Reading, and is…

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

Taking the Panic out of Pandemic Planning – Ryan Conacher

The World Health Organization has declared COVID-19 a global pandemic.  Not since H1N1 and SARS before that, have employers faced…