By Jeremy Schwartz and Haadi Malik In April, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice ruled in Coutinho v Ocular Health Centre…
By Jeremy Schwartz The Ontario Superior Court has ruled that an employer that implemented a layoff during the pandemic, which was “deemed”…
By Landon Young Do employers have a general duty to act honestly and in good faith when dealing with their…
By: Landon Young There have been a number of cases in recent years considering whether dismissed employees are entitled to awards…
By: Ryan J. Conlin and Jeremy Schwartz In one of the most significant OH&S decisions issued during the COVID-19 epidemic, the Ontario Labour…
By: Jeremy Schwartz and Daniel Gaspar On October 2, 2020, Federal Bill C-4, An Act relating to certain measures in response…
By: Ryan J. Conlin Recent amendments to the Ontario Provincial Offences Act (“POA”) now permit court filings, trials and other court proceedings to…
By: Jeremy D. Schwartz As we explained in our recent Update, at the end of May 2020 the Ontario government introduced…
By: Jeremy D. Schwartz, Ryan J. Conlin and Erika M. Montisano Most of Ontario’s public health units are now well…
By: Amanda D. Boyce and Erika M. Montisano A recent and troubling decision from the Ontario Superior Court of Justice…
By: Landon Young and Amanda Boyce The Ontario government introduced a new regulation on May 29, 2020 under the Employment Standards…
By: Amanda Boyce Premier Doug Ford announced yesterday that the government is updating its emergency order to expand the list of non-essential…