The Ontario Superior Court recently struck down a termination clause in an employment agreement because of a seemingly minor ambiguity….

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

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

By Ryan J. Conlin and Jeremy D. Schwartz The Ontario Government has made a number of significant changes to labour…

In Thompson v. 1552754 Ontario Inc., the applicant was employed as a counter person at the respondent’s coffee shop. The applicant…

Ryan Conlin summarizes and comments upon the significant amendments Bill 18 has effected to Ontario’s Employment Standards Act, Workplace Safety…

Do you have a policy prohibiting your employees from smoking when they drive alone in a company vehicle?  If not,…

In a past Stringer Update, Releases Protect Employers from Human Rights Complaints, we emphasized the importance of having terminated employees sign…

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Supreme Court Allows Employees to “Double-Up” on Pregnancy and Parental Benefits A regular point of contention between unions and employers…

Employers be warned – engaging in high-handed, bullying behaviour when dismissing an employee may be a costly strategy. The Supreme…

Canadian employers have been confronted with a veritable ocean of new government programs, which are designed to help weather the…

Ryan Conlin discusses the potentially watershed decision in R. v. Roofing Medics, in which the court commented that more personal…

By: Ryan Conlin & Frank Portman A recent case from Ontario’s Human Rights Tribunal is a stark reminder of how…