Ryan Conlin and Jeremy Schwartz discuss a landmark WSIAT decision which held sections of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act unconstitutional, the potential fallout and strategies for managing workplace stress claims (and possibly certain wrongful dismissal claims) going forward.
Jeremy D. Schwartz / About Author
Related Posts
2015 Q1 StringerLLP HR Law Webinar, Segment 4: Family Status Caselaw Update (Demo)
Allison Taylor explains the unfavourable result of a recent judicial review decision in Alberta concerning family status discrimination.
21 Apr 2015
Office Holiday Parties – The Fine Print (Demo)
An office holiday party is a great time to unwind as a team and encourage a sense of community. Unfortunately,…
14 Dec 2012
Bill 66 Proposes Further Employer-Friendly Amendments to Workplace Laws
The Ontario government introduced Bill 66, Restoring Ontario’s Competitiveness Act, 2018 on December 6, 2018. Bill 66 passed First Reading, and is…
10 Dec 2018
2015 Q2 StringerLLP HR Law Webinar, Segment 1: WSIB Experience Rating (Demo)
Ryan Conlin discusses significant planned changes to Ontario’s workers’ compensation experience rating system.
22 Jul 2015
Court Strikes Down Termination Provision that Provides For Salary During Notice Period (Demo)
Increasingly, the courts are striking down termination provisions in employment contracts resulting in lengthy common law notice awards to employees. …
22 May 2015
Ontario Court Awards Dependent Contractors over Two Years of Notice (Demo)
As work patterns change in the modern era, the line between independent contractor and employee can often become blurry. A…
10 Jun 2015
Shifting Sands: Ontario Court of Appeal Upholds Termination Clause (Demo)
Employers, ever-weary of the next judicial pronouncement on the enforceability of specific termination clauses in employment contracts, may mark a…
28 Feb 2018
WSIB Announces Significant Rebate for Most Ontario Employers
By Ryan J. Conlin and Jeremy D. Schwartz The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board has announced that eligible Schedule 1…
17 Feb 2022
Stress Claim Tsunami: New Approach to WSIB Stress Claims (Demo)
Ryan Conlin and Jeremy Schwartz discuss a landmark WSIAT decision which held sections of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act…
29 May 2014
New Year’s Hangover: The Curious Case of the 27 Paycheque Year
The calendar has now changed over to 2015, and with the New Year comes an interesting legal situation for certain…
07 Jan 2015
2015 Q2 StringerLLP HR Law Webinar, Segment 4: Enforceability of ESA Termination Provisions
Landon Young discusses recent case law on the enforceability of ESA termination provisions.
22 Jul 2015
Court of Appeal Rules on Employers’ Obligations to Protect Employees from Harassment and Violence when they are Away from the Workplace (Demo)
In a recent decision, the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld a lower court’s ruling that a citizen’s harassing behaviour toward…
19 Sep 2017
Ontario Court Continues Trend of Large Punitive Damages Awards (Demo)
By: Frank Portman Since 2008, Courts have wrestled with wrongful dismissal claims in which employees make claims of entitlements…
20 Nov 2015
Alberta court rules on the limits of good faith in the performance of employment contracts
In a recent decision, the Alberta Court of Appeal strongly affirmed employers’ right to terminate employees without cause, and without…
31 Jan 2017
Using independent contractor not a “get out of jail free” card
A business’ obligations to its workers will depend on whether the workers are employees or independent contractors. However, a recent…
12 Apr 2017