Sultan Lawyers January 12, 2024

Decoding Resignation in Ontario’s Employment Law

The concept of resignation in employment law is often more complex than it appears. A pivotal case that sheds light on this intricacy is Johal v Simmons da Silva LLP,…

Sultan Lawyers April 16, 2019

Court Rules Employees Can’t Sue for Harassment in the Workplace

The Ontario Court of Appeal (ONCA) recently narrowed the legal remedies available to employees experiencing harassment at work by rejecting an independent common law tort of harassment in Merrifield v.…

Sultan Lawyers April 2, 2019

Gender Wage Gap and the Proposed Pay Transparency Act

The Ontario government has initiated a public consultation for the proposed Pay Transparency Act (the Act). The Act was initially due to come into force on January 1, 2019, but…

Sharaf Sultan October 8, 2017

Disability, Pension and Severance Pay

A significant number of employees in Canada receive disability coverage and/or pension payments as a component of their employment benefits. Disability coverage will often provide the either partial or full…

Sharaf Sultan September 25, 2017

Can an Employer Use Your Genetic Material Against You?

Modern testing techniques mean that it is possible for individuals to access highly intimate data about not just their current medical condition but their underlying genetic condition. This has raised…

Sharaf Sultan September 22, 2017

Is an employer liable when they provide a negative reference?

Over the last year, courts in Ontario have provided two important decisions regarding the consequences for providing negative references. These are important decisions for employment law in both Ontario and…

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…

Sharaf Sultan April 19, 2017

Sexual Harassment Leads to Multiple Heads of Damages

Employers can be held liable for significant damages relating to sexual harassment. A recent case from the Ontario Court of Appeal – Doyle v Zochem Inc (2017 ONCA 130) – is…

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Decoding Resignation in Ontario’s Employment Law

Court Rules Employees Can’t Sue for Harassment in the Workplace

Gender Wage Gap and the Proposed Pay Transparency Act

Disability, Pension and Severance Pay

Can an Employer Use Your Genetic Material Against You?

Is an employer liable when they provide a negative reference?

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

Employers Beware – Theft Not Always Cause for Termination

Sexual Harassment Leads to Multiple Heads of Damages

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