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Canadian employers are increasingly required to balance their duty to maintain a safe working environment with the duty to accommodate the use of m...
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Back in 2017, we blogged about Merrifield v. the Attorney General (“Merrifield”), a decision where the Superior Court of Justice recogn...
The Ontario Divisional Court has upheld the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal decision of Carter v. Chrysler Canada Inc. which found that an employer w...
By Kelsey Orth
As many employers know, the accommodation process is far from simple. Then, when you put the duty to accommodate in the context of discipli...
2018 was a tumultuous year for employers with significant changes to workplace legislation both provincially and federally, the legalization of rec...
When October 17, 2018 rolled around many employers were still questioning what the rules were around legalized marijuana. A week after the fact, th...
A recent interim decision from the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (the “Tribunal”) is an important caution for employers who distingu...
You have read in this space about recent cases where the language and enforceability of an executed Release has been called into question, includin...
Are you an employer with a benefit plan that terminates for workers who are 65 and older? If yes, you should be taking note of the Human Rights Tri...
By Susan Crawford
With the impending legalization of marijuana and a rise in the number of people using medical marijuana to treat any number of ailments, employers ...
Last month the Supreme Court of Canada released its decision in the case of Quebec (Commission des normes, de l’équité, de la...
With major legislative amendments made to the Employment Standards Act, Labour Relations Act, Occupational Health and Safety Act, Workplace Safety ...
In a recent decision, Canada’s highest court reminded employers that human rights legislation is to be interpreted very broadly. So broadly, ...
By Mike MacLellan
An Ontario arbitrator has upheld the termination of a nurse, “SM”, on the basis that she was stealing narcotic drugs from her employer ...
In a recent decision, Arbitrator Slotnick commended the employer for taking a hard line against sexual harassment but also criticized the employer ...
Employee drug use and on the job intoxication is one of the most difficult issues for employers to tackle, fraught with liability landmines. ...
Quebec Superior Court Justice André Prévost recently dismissed a claim by three Sikh men against their respective employers for refus...
By now we all know that an employer has a duty to accommodate an employee with a disability to the point of undue hardship. However, we also know t...
2016 featured many significant decisions and legislative changes impacting employers. Over the course of the year, CCP blogged on these development...
The Ontario Human Rights Tribunal has crafted yet another plot twist in the evolving legal test for family status discrimination. Over the past few...
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