By: Ryan Conlin The Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance system is about to undergo one of the most important changes…

A recent Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario decision confirms that family status protection may require employers to accommodate employees’ sporadic…

The Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace – Prevention, promotion and guidance to staged implementation (the “Standard”) was released by the…

Ontario’s Divisional Court recently confirmed that employers have a right to ask employees to undergo an Independent Medical Examination (“IME”)…

Jeremy Schwartz discusses how to avoid and address workplace sexual harassment.

Date: Mar 04. 2022 The Omicron wave appears to be receding and there is cautious optimism that the worst of…

The Ontario Labour Relations Board (the “Board”) has issued a landmark decision which clears the path for Foodora couriers to…

Contracts of all kinds often fall apart over relatively minor details, despite the parties’ agreement on the majority of issues. …

By: Ryan Conlin and Frank Portman Human Rights Tribunals across the country have been issuing damage awards which have raised…

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

The law is clear that an employer is required to accommodate employees with a “disability” up to the point of…

Employers have made their plans; they’ve hunkered down; and they’ve sheltered in place. As we traverse the long and winding…

In April, we blogged that the Supreme Court of Canada had granted leave to appeal a decision regarding the random alcohol testing…

Since the early 1980s, plaintiffs have been precluded from bringing court actions solely predicated on suffering discrimination or harassment under…

It is a good practice for employers to have employees sign a full and final release when their employment is…