Class Action for Unpaid Overtime Derailed: Is this the End of High-profile Overtime Class Proceedings? – Landon Young and Ryan…

Rehiring Former Employees: Avoiding the Risk of “Continuous Employment” – Allison Taylor

B.C. Premier John Horgan announced earlier this month that the province will reinstate its Human Rights Commission. Like Ontario, B.C. currently has…

Employers are often told by their lawyers that satisfying a Court that there is “just cause” to terminate an employee…

One of the more deceptively complex questions in some cases can be: Who is the employer? Many businesses and organizations…

By Jeremy Schwartz and Haadi Malik In April, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice ruled in Coutinho v Ocular Health Centre…

Probationary periods are often essential tools for both employers and employees to determine the viability of a new employment relationship….

Jeremy Schwartz discusses recent punitive damages awards in Ontario

The World Health Organization has declared COVID-19 a global pandemic.  Not since H1N1 and SARS before that, have employers faced…

A recent decision of the Ontario Labour Relations Board, Sabbah v. University of Ottawa, demonstrates how mistakes in presenting new employment contracts…

By: Landon Young and Jessica Young Employee addiction is a challenging topic for HR professionals. Under Canadian human rights legislation, drug…

Canadian employees are presumptively entitled to “reasonable notice” of termination.  Although this entitlement can be limited to some extent by…

“A Lawyer’s Perspective on Pot in the Workplace” – Ryan Conlin speaks to CBC Radio on Here and Now Toronto 

The ongoing flare-up of the ebola virus is currently front page news.  Notwithstanding that as of the time of this…

Amanda discusses the law on bonus eligibility during the reasonable notice period