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In Donaldson v Western Grain By-Products Storage Ltd. 2015 FCA 62, the Federal Court of Appeal ruled that it is reasonable to request a more specif...
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By Mike MacLellan
A number of our Firm’s recent blogs have painted a picture of what consequences arise when an employer is found to have violated the Human Ri...
On November 4, 2014, the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal (“Tribunal”) found that a restaurant owner discriminated against a customer (CC)...
Over the last several years, termination provisions have been set aside by Courts for a number of reasons as employers have been held to exacting s...
By Rob Boswell
Following consultation processes led by Harry Arthurs and Doug Stanley over the past few years, earlier this week the WSIB has released a set of te...
An administrative suspension can be an effective tool for an employer to invoke when it needs to temporarily remove an employee from the workplace....
Under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) the Chief Prevention Officer (CPO) has the authority to establish standards for training progra...
In Ontario, all employers must take steps to prevent and react to harassment and violence in the workplace. Part III.0.1 of the Occupational Health...
A recent guilty plea by an employer after an agency supplied temporary worker died on the job is a sobering reminder of just how broad the definiti...
Increasingly, employers are being faced with requests from employees requesting religious accommodation on various grounds, including paid time off...
The sweeping changes brought on by The Stronger Workplaces for a Stronger Economy Act, 2014 (formerly Bill 18) have begun to take effect. The Act r...
By Susan Crawford
On January 31, 2015 the Ontario Superior Court of Ontario certified a $100 million dollar class action lawsuit for unpaid overtime against Canada C...
By Kelsey Orth
A central feature of collective bargaining – contract negotiations between unions and employers – is the ability for either party to ap...
The Superior Court of Ontario recently adopted the test for family status discrimination as outlined in the seminal decision, Johnstone v Canada (B...
Federally-regulated employees may be dismissed on a without cause basis under the Canada Labour Code (the “Code”). This was the conclus...
After an employee has been dismissed without cause, an employer can allege cause if misconduct of the employee is discovered after the dismissal &n...
2014 saw a number of important decisions and legislative changes in the area of labour and employment law. Over the course of the...
Just prior to beginning the holiday season themselves, the Senate of Canada gave federally regulated employers an early gift: the passing of Bill C...
In the last couple of years, employers and organizations have seen their costs associated with employee absenteeism skyrocket. Absenteeism in...
As one of the seminal decisions of 2014, USW and Tenaris Algoma Tubes Inc. raised the issues of off-duty conduct, sexual harassment / threats and s...
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