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May 5, 2022

Does a Dismissal During the COVID-19 Pandemic Always Extend Notice Periods?

According to recent case law, employment professionals might argue that terminating someone’s employment during the COVID-19 pandemic will au...

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Mar 24, 2022

26 Month Wrongful Dismissal Notice Period Upheld by Ontario Court of Appeal

Understanding and appreciating the extent of an employer’s liability when it is required to terminate a worker’s employment can be a ch...

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Feb 3, 2022

BC Court Finds Surreptitious Recording of Fellow Employees Just Cause for Dismissal

The recent decision from Justice Branch of the Supreme Court of British Columbia in Shalagin v. Mercer Celgar Limited Partnership, 2022 BCSC 112 pr...

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Jan 3, 2022

ONTARIO PHASE 2 RE-OPENING COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS PUT BACK IN PLACE ​

Ontario announced today that the province is temporarily moving back into Step Two of its Roadmap to Reopen. Starting at 12:01am on January 5, 2022...

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Dec 15, 2021

FEDERAL COURT REFUSES TO ISSUE INJUNCTION, RULING THAT MANDATORY VACCINATION POLICY DOES NOT FORCE EMPLOYEES TO GET VACCINATED

It may seem strange to reason that a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy does not in fact force someone to get vaccinated, but that is exactly wh...

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Dec 8, 2021

ONTARIO IS EXTENDING COVID-19 PAID SICK DAYS AND IDEL INTO 2022

Originally set to expire on December 31, 2021, Premier Doug Ford’s government has announced that it is extending the Worker Income Protection...

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Nov 4, 2021

ONTARIO SUPERIOR COURT DECLINES TO ISSUE INJUNCTION ON COVID-19 VACCINATION POLICY ​

In the recent decision of Blake v University Health Network, 2021 ONSC 7139, Justice Dunphy of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice ruled that emp...

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Oct 25, 2021

ONTARIO RELEASES PLAN TO GRADUALLY LIFT REMAINING PUBLIC HEALTH AND WORKPLACE SAFETY MEASURES

On October 22, 2021 the Ontario government announced that it has released a plan, in consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health, which o...

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Sep 23, 2021

SO YOU THINK YOU’RE EXEMPT? DISCUSSING ONTARIO’S MEDICAL AND RELIGIOUS EXEMPTIONS FROM COVID-19 VACCINATION

Ontario's COVID-19 vaccine passport system is sparking a growing conversation on what counts as a valid medical or religious exemption. Individuals...

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Sep 20, 2021

NEW HOPE FOR TERMINATION CLAUSES IN RECENT ONTARIO DECISION DISTINGUISHING WAKSDALE

In a recent decision of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Rahman v Cannon Design Architecture Inc., 2021 ONSC 5961, the Court distinguished ...

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Jun 1, 2021

ONTARIO MANDATES VACCINATION AND VACCINE POLICIES IN LONG-TERM CARE HOMES

Ontario announced on May 31, 2021 that staff at long-term-care homes across Ontario will have to either prove they’ve had a COVID-19 vaccine,...

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May 21, 2021

BREAKING COVID-19 NEWS: Ontario Introducing a Roadmap to Reopening

Ontario is introducing a three-step plan that will guide the Province’s reopening and lifting public health measures. This plan is based on t...

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May 13, 2021

Mistake Is No Defence: An Employer’s Failure To Abide By Termination Language Repudiated The Contract, Even After They Tried To Comply

A recent decision from the Ontario Superior Court of Justice provides a stern lesson for employers who terminate someone’s employment without...

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Apr 28, 2021

BREAKING COVID-19 NEWS: ONTARIO TO INTRODUCE PAID COVID-19 LEAVE

Paid Leave The Ontario government has announced that they will introduce legislation that would, if passed, require employers to provide employees ...

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Apr 7, 2021

BREAKING COVID-19 NEWS: ONTARIO IMPLEMENTING ANOTHER STAY-AT-HOME-ORDER

The Ontario government is immediately declaring a third provincial emergency under s 7.0.1 (1) of the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Ac...

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Mar 31, 2021

UBER’S FLEXIBLE WORK+ PROGRAM: INNOVATIVE IDEA OR DECEPTIVE DESIGN?

The saga between new-aged delivery drivers and their app-based governing bodies continues, now in the form of Uber’s new Flexible Work+ progr...

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Feb 17, 2021

DISCRIMINATION AND RETALIATION: EMPLOYEE TERMINATED AFTER COMPLAINING ABOUT INAPPROPRIATE COMMENTS ON HER APPEARANCE

In The Sales Associate v. Aurora Biomed Inc. and others, 2021 BCHRT 5 the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal ruled in favour of a Complainant w...

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Jan 27, 2021

SHOULD TERMINATED EMPLOYEES RECEIVE LONGER REASONABLE NOTICE PERIODS DURING COVID-19?

In Yee v Hudson’s Bay Company, 2021 ONSC 387, an Ontario Court issued a ruling in what may seem like a very standard case of reasonable notic...

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Jan 6, 2021

2020 IN REVIEW: A LOOK BACK AT THE TOP CASES AND KEY LEGISLATIVE CHANGES THAT IMPACTED YOUR WORKPLACE

It may be modest to say that 2020 was an eventful year for employers with significant changes to workplace legislation both provincially and federa...

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Dec 24, 2020

IGNORING THE RULES DOESN’T FLY: AIRPORT EMPLOYEE’S TERMINATION FOR NOT FOLLOWING COVID-19 GUIDELINES UPHELD BY ARBITRATOR

A recent decision from Arbitrator Brian Keller in Garda Security Screening Inc. v. IAM, District 140 (Shoker Grievance), [2020] O.L.A.A. No. 162 de...

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