Sharaf Sultan September 1, 2017

Labour Day – It all Started in Canada

Labour Day has an important and long history in Canada and North America. The holiday can be traced to 1872 and the Toronto Typographical Union that went on strike…

Sharaf Sultan August 30, 2017

Supreme Court Upholds Employer’s Right in Drug Addiction Termination Case

The Supreme Court has ruled that an employer was within its rights to terminate an employee’s employment who had a cocaine addiction. The case involved Elk Valley Coal Corporation, a…

Krista Kais-Prial August 28, 2017

Employees on Disability Leave Must Receive Pay in Lieu of Notice

Employees on Disability Leave Must Receive Pay in Lieu of Notice when Employment is Terminated In McLeod v 1274458 Ontario Inc., the Ontario Superior court confirmed the principle that working…

Sharaf Sultan August 23, 2017

Ontario Court Emphasizes Importance of Well-Drafted Contracts for Employers

Ontario Court of Appeal reminds employers of the importance of well drafted contracts The recent Ontario Court of Appeal decision in Covenoho v. Pendylum Ltd., 2017 ONCA 284 has reminded…

Sharaf Sultan August 17, 2017

Getting Closer to a Revamped Labour Market in Ontario

Getting Closer to a Revamped Labour Market in Ontario The Ontario government is in the process of implementing significant changes to the rules and regulations surrounding Ontario’s labour laws. The…

Kristine Gorman August 14, 2017

Ontario Court Allows Employees to Sue for Workplace Harassment While Employed

The Ontario Superior Court has recently ruled that employees can bring an independent civil action in relation to workplace harassment that is unrelated to another legal right or protection. Until…

Kristine Gorman July 10, 2017

Supreme Court: Anti-Drug Policy Ruled Non-Discriminatory

Supreme Court of Canada Rules that Anti-Drug Policy is Not Discriminatory The Supreme Court of Canada, in Stewart v Elk Valley Coal Corp., 2017 SCC 30, recently upheld an Alberta…

Krista Kais-Prial June 21, 2017

To Pay or Not to Pay: The Developing Law on Termination Provisions

As employers in Canada know, and unlike many states in the United States of America, Canadian employment is not “at will”. When an employer terminates the employee here, the employee…

Krista Kais-Prial May 2, 2017

Employers Beware – Theft Not Always Cause for Termination

In early 2017, a British Columbia Supreme Court judge awarded damages of $46,000.000 to a Burger King franchise employee with twenty-four years of service whose employment was terminated for cause…

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Labour Day – It all Started in Canada

Supreme Court Upholds Employer’s Right in Drug Addiction Termination Case

Employees on Disability Leave Must Receive Pay in Lieu of Notice

Ontario Court Emphasizes Importance of Well-Drafted Contracts for Employers

Getting Closer to a Revamped Labour Market in Ontario

Ontario Court Allows Employees to Sue for Workplace Harassment While Employed

Supreme Court: Anti-Drug Policy Ruled Non-Discriminatory

To Pay or Not to Pay: The Developing Law on Termination Provisions

Employers Beware – Theft Not Always Cause for Termination

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