Anyone involved in the human resources side of management will be familiar with the concept of notice periods for terminated…

By: Allison Taylor Employers should be dismayed by the result in the recent case before the Ontario Court of Appeal…

When no work is available in a particular field, dismissed employees may undertake reasonable mitigation efforts by pursuing re-training to…

The government of Quebec has recently introduced new incentives for businesses to promote work-life balance, through its “work-family balance certification”…

Frank Portman of Stringer LLP discusses the perils of using interns

The Ontario Court of Appeal has released its concise decision in Brito v. Canac Kitchens, in which the court upheld a…

By: Landon Young and Jessica Young   Non-unionized employees are entitled to “reasonable notice” of termination under the common law, or…

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

By: Landon Young There have been a number of cases in recent years considering whether dismissed employees are entitled to awards…

We’ve had a year to digest significant changes to labour and employment legislation, and the courts and tribunals continue to…

Continuing to Work Following Changes to Employment Not Considered Acceptance of Changes – Joe Morrison

We blogged recently that there was ambiguity in the new amendments to Ontario’s Employment Standards Act, 2000 (“ESA”), which require employers 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,…

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