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

Frank discusses how to best ensure you may rely on disciplinary records to prove just cause

Allison Taylor discusses the recent Federal Court of Appeal decision which outlined a new, balanced test for family status discrimination…

When is an owner also an “employee”?  The Supreme Court of Canada recently rendered a decision on the question of…

In what can only be described as a fairly novel case, a Union brought a grievance to the Labour Relations Board on…

By: Jeremy Schwartz and Daniel Gaspar On October 2, 2020, Federal Bill C-4, An Act relating to certain measures in response…

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

In a decision that will come as little surprise to many labour practitioners, on both sides on the union-management spectrum,…

Ryan Conlin and Frank Portman discuss the disturbing trend of increasingly large general damages awards in human rights litigation.

A recent decision, the Court of Appeal, Mady Development Corp. v. Rossetto, clarified an employee’s entitlement to bonuses who has breached…

Jeff Murray discussed recent labour arbitration decisions pertaining to employee vices.

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

In a decision that will come as little surprise to many labour practitioners, on both sides on the union-management spectrum,…

In 2020, employers were faced with unprecedented legal challenges brought on by the pandemic. Meanwhile, the courts and tribunals issued…

Most people have received (or sent) a “pocket-dial”, which is an unintentional cell phone call that is made by a…