In a recent decision, the Ontario Court of Justice sentenced the director of six Ontario companies, Steven Blondin, to 90…

The Ontario Superior Court recently awarded an employee on leave due to disability, damages representing the salary he would have…

In the wake of the Divisional Court’s decision in the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board v Fair, human rights damages have been…

While employee theft is frequently grounds for termination, shades of grey do appear in the case law. In a recent…

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

In this electronic age, many employers will make offers of employment via email. When the offer is being made to…

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

To be enforceable, non-competition agreements must, as a general rule, be reasonable and unambiguous in terms of their geographic scope,…

In a recent decision, General Motors of Canada Limited v. Johnson, the Ontario Court of Appeal provided clarity on an employee’s…

Employers be warned – engaging in high-handed, bullying behaviour when dismissing an employee may be a costly strategy. The Supreme…

Workplace investigations have been an increasingly important topic for HR Professionals in the past few years.  Employers have a duty…

By: Landon Young and Jessica Young Does a terminated employee have a duty to accept an offer of re-employment after termination? This issue…

Employers are often unsure whether they have the right to ask for doctor’s notes (i.e. medical evidence) to justify employee…

The Ontario Superior Court recently awarded four months of pay in lieu of reasonable notice to an employee with less…

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