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On July 2, 2015, the Ontario Divisional Court released its decision in TrinityWestern University & Braydon Volkenant v. The Law Society of Upper Canada. Borden Ladner Gervais LLP acted on behalf of the Law Society.

Michalski v McMaster University, 2022 ONSC 2625 is the first Ontario court decision to address a challenge to the merits of a public sector COVID-19 vaccination policy.

As of September 13, 2021, proof of a COVID-19 vaccination is required in British Columbia to access various social, recreational, and public services.

The Tribunal was clear that each franchise relationship will be governed by the franchise agreement.

Gerry suffered from alcoholism and undiagnosed mental health issues, but is a very different person today.

Several of our publications this year have outlined several court's consideration of "family status" under human rights legislation regarding an employer's obligation to accommodate an employee with respect to childcare duties.

Nearly 28 years after former Chief Justice Brian Dickson wrote passionate – yet dissenting – reasons in favour of extending constitutional protection to the right to strike, the Supreme Court of Canada has taken up his call.

In Clark v Bow Valley College, (2014 AHRC 4), Ms. Leah Clark filed a human rights complaint on April 11, 2011 against her employer, Bow Valley College, (the "College"), that was heard by the Alberta Human Rights Tribunal.

Welcome back from your early summer vacation - Changes to the Customer Service Standard under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 ("AODA") came into effect on July 1.

On March 1, 2022, the Province of Alberta entered stage 2 of the Government's three-stage process for easing COVID-19 restrictions, which resulted in the lifting of nearly all remaining public health restrictions...

Canadian workplaces are full of Joe Bidens — older employees who are past their prime, show cognitive decline, and are impossible to get rid of

In the decision Alberta Health Services v Johnston, the Court found Kevin Johnston, an online talk show host and candidate in Calgary's mayoral election, had defamed and harassed an Alberta...

In a recent decision of the British Columbia Court of Appeal, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP v. British Columbia (Human Rights Tribunal), the Court held that an equity partner of a law firm partnership was not considered an "employee" for the purposes of the British Columbia Human Rights Code (the "Code").

As we have noted in previous updates, the size of general damages awarded by human rights tribunals has trended sharply higher in recent years.

Recently, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario released a decision wherein the employer failed to meet its duty to accommodate an employee diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

In Tyler v. City of Powell River, 2025 BCHRT 316, the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal dismissed a complaint of employment discrimination on the ground of mental disability that had been brought...

Workplaces are often defined differently by different employees. Positive work environments are commonly labelled as welcoming, collaborative, empowering, inclusive, and so on.

On September 21, 2016, the Honourable Mr. Justice André Prévost of the Superior Court rendered judgment in the case of Singh et al. v. Montréal Gateways Terminals et al.