The Ontario Court of Appeal recently overruled a decision regarding a termination clause, finding that the provision clearly and unambiguously…

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

Employers will be disappointed to hear the results of a recent decision in which the Ontario Court of Appeal declared…

By Jeremy Schwartz The Ontario Superior Court has ruled that an employer that implemented a layoff during the pandemic, which was “deemed”…

Landon Young discusses how to avoid the fixed term contract trap.

The Ontario Superior Court recently confirmed that for a court to award damages based on the manner in which an…

How do you know when an employee has quit her job? It may seem like a simple question, but the…

Corporate restructuring is often accompanied by lawsuits by jilted employees claiming constructive dismissal.  In a recent case, the Ontario Court…

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

By Jeremy Schwartz and Haadi Malik In April, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice ruled in Coutinho v Ocular Health Centre…

Many employers include termination clauses in employment contracts to limit their liability when dismissing employees. When employers draft generous termination…

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

In a unique set of circumstances, the Ontario Superior Court recently found that changes to an employment contract which benefited…

The claim was filed 28 years ago by female employees of Canada Post with the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (the…

By: Frank Portman   Since 2008, Courts have wrestled with wrongful dismissal claims in which employees make claims of entitlements…