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

Frank discusses how to best ensure you may rely on disciplinary records to prove just cause

Premier Kathleen Wynne announced this morning that the Ontario government would introduce new legislation aimed at increasing pay transparency as…

When a company purchases another business, it is important to consider the legal implications respecting the status of employees. The…

Jeff Murray discusses social host liability for employers.

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

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

In this webinar, Ryan Conlin and Landon Young provided guidance for employers on how to respond to the legal challenges…

This is segment 2 of 5 from our Q3 webinar held on Thursday, October 10, “Recent Developments in Summary Judgement Motions”

The Ontario Court of Appeal recently overruled a decision regarding a termination clause, finding that the provision clearly and unambiguously…

Jeremy Schwartz discusses recent punitive damages awards in Ontario

To be enforceable, non-competition agreements must, as a general rule, be reasonable and unambiguous in terms of their geographic scope,…

Terminating employees in Canada can be expensive. Non-unionized employees are owed “reasonable notice” under the common law, or pay in…

The Ontario government introduced Bill 66, Restoring Ontario’s Competitiveness Act, 2018 on December 6, 2018. Bill 66 passed First Reading, and is…

Many employers find it necessary to assess new employees’ performance on the job before making a final determination about whether…