Jeff Murray discusses a recent landmark contract decision from the Supreme Court of Canada

#MeToo has quickly caught wind as a widespread movement that sheds light on the prevalence of sexual assault and harassment,…

The Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration Canada has made several announcements over the past couple weeks regarding proposed changes to…

By: Jeremy D. Schwartz As we explained in our recent Update, at the end of May 2020 the Ontario government introduced…

In a case that can only be described as a cautionary tale, an employer was ordered to pay 5 months…

In a recent Court of Appeal Decision, Elsegood v Cambridge Spring Services, the Court awarded common law damages to an employee…

Employers are often faced with the galling choice between asserting just cause for termination, and paying potentially large sums of…

Hot on the heels of the announcement of the recent MOL enforcement blitz, a freshly filed statement of claim in…

In a recent decision, the Alberta Court of Appeal strongly affirmed employers’ right to terminate employees without cause, and without…

Jurisdiction over employment in First Nations and aboriginal employers can be a complicated issue.  Until recently, different courts seemed to…

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

The law on addiction has evolved over the years in arbitral jurisprudence.  Earlier decisions treated illness as a mitigating factor…

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

Perhaps now more than ever before, the lawyers at Stringer LLP have been deeply engaged, supporting clients who face significant,…

An often-contentious issue in wrongful dismissal litigation is whether an employee is entitled to a bonus that accrues or would…