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It is common practice for employers to offer departing employees, who are being terminated without cause, a separation package in exchange for a signed release from liability.

While COVID-19 certainly created difficult circumstances for bars and restaurants across Canada, it didn't result in a frustrated employment contract for a pub manager who lost his job...

When an employee goes on leave for whatever reason and his or her work ethic has been less than exemplary, an employer can still fire the employee if there is just cause.

Can an employee keep his or her full-time job, while operating a personal business on the side (also known as moonlighting)?

In Humphrey v. Mene Inc., 2022 ONCA 531, the Ontario Court of Appeal ("ONCA") found that the employee in question, Humphrey, was entitled to a reduction from 12 months' notice to 6 months' notice...

In Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 2723 v. City of Burlington the female grievor was discharged for alleged sexual harassment of a male co-worker...

How effectively does your company record disciplinary conversations with employees.

In Conway v. Griff Building Supplies Ltd., 2020 CarswellBC 3112, an employee was found to have resigned verbally during a meeting, despite failing to provide a formal resignation letter.

A B.C. employer has recently been hit with a significant damage award related to the termination of a long service employee.

In Wronko v. Western Inventory Service Ltd., the Ontario Court of Appeal held that an employer cannot unilaterally change a fundamental term of employment if the employee refuses to accept the proposed change – even if the employer provides reasonable notice of the change.

Canadians’ heads have gyrated to almost exorcist lengths by the quickly changing fortunes of Jian Ghomeshi. But what lessons can be learned?

Today, October 25, 2021, the Ontario government is introducing legislation with a goal to better protect, support and attract workers to the province.

On January 2, 2014, Justice Perell certified a class action alleging that, among other things, a group of over 500 putative class members had been wrongfully dismissed by their former (now insolvent ) employer. Justice Perell’s decision in Brigaitis v. IQT Ltd., c.o.b. as IQT Solutions comes on the heels of a flurry of employment-related certification decisions focusing almost exclusively on claims pertaining to eligibility for overtime pay .

A recent Ontario Superior court decision serves as a stark reminder to employers that using fixed term contracts can lead to costly damages awards- in this case one with a seven figure damages...

In an effort to fulfill his campaign promise to make Ontario "open for business", Premier Doug Ford introduced the "Making Ontario Open for Business Act" on Tuesday.

On Friday morning the Supreme Court of Canada released its decision in Potter v. New Brunswick Legal Aid Services Commission.

The Ontario Court of Appeal recently upheld a termination clause that provided for the minimum standards set out in the Employment Standards Act...