By Ryan Conlin and Jeremy Schwartz A New Brunswick Court has issued one of the most significant Criminal Code judgments…

In a decision that will surely draw attention across the country, the Alberta Human Rights Tribunal has awarded an employee 5 years…

Since the early 1980s, plaintiffs have been precluded from bringing court actions solely predicated on suffering discrimination or harassment under…

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

The Ontario Labour Relations Board (“OLRB”) recently announced that, effective April 1, 2012 its Rules of Procedure will be amended to permit complaints alleging…

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

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

Frank Portman discusses a recent Ontario Court of Appeal decision which greatly increased the scope of general and other damages…

After 19 years of protracted litigation, the Human Rights Tribunal of Alberta has now awarded a former employee of Mobil…

Just cause is a difficult standard for employers to meet. In most cases, employees who are terminated from employment will…

Among the amendments to Ontario’s human rights system in the past few years was the creation of a summary hearings…

Would it be a constructive dismissal to refuse to pay an employee the third of a million dollars you owe…

Frank discusses a recent landmark decision from the Supreme Court regarding a new test for stays of prosecutions for unconstitutional…

In Thompson v. 1552754 Ontario Inc., the applicant was employed as a counter person at the respondent’s coffee shop. The applicant…

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