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There was once an expectation that workers would retire by age 65.

The Supreme Court of Canada released its much-anticipated decision in Wilson v. Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd.

In recent years there seems to have been an increase in the frequency with which employees directly or publicly challenge their supervisors or senior management. Perhaps this is due to an increased awareness of their actual or perceived rights.

It may be assumed that when an employee says "I quit" or walks into his employer's office, hands in his keys and says "I'm done" the employer can accept the employee's resignation and move on with replacing the employee.

After an employee has been terminated from their employment, there are a variety of benefits they may be eligible to receive, depending upon their circumstances.

If a probationary period is longer than three months, the normal notice and severance provisions of the Employment Standards Act apply.

In a recent decision, Benke v Loblaw Companies Ltd., 2022 ABQB 461 ("Benke"), the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench (the "Court") dismissed a constructive dismissal claim brought by...

Mr. Hogan brought an action for wrongful dismissal against his former employer of over twenty years, an auto dealership.

In a recent Federal Court of Appeal (the "FCA") decision, Kaseke v The Toronto-Dominion Bank, 2025 FCA 8, the FCA reaffirmed the jurisdictional lines between the Canadian Industrial Relations Board (the "Board")...

In wrongful dismissal matters, the court's determination of reasonable notice is based on a holistic analysis of the affected employee's unique circumstances.

Early in the COVID-19 pandemic many employers were forced to reduce their workforces (often by placing employees on layoff) due to closures or declines in business because of the public health emergency.

In a preliminary award, an Ontario arbitrator allowed covert video surveillance footage to be used as evidence in a wrongful dismissal grievance.

The employee worked at a solid waste facility in the Yukon.

In Bertsch v. Datastealth Inc., 2025 ONCA 379, the Ontario Court of Appeal delivered an employer-friendly decision in upholding a termination clause in an employment agreement...

Angelo Luna Nicolas was a long­-service employee at the Pan Pacific Hotel Vancouver, working as a house-person for 32 years with the hotel. He

This approach to the "unjust dismissal" provisions in Part III of the Canada Labour Code is in line with that taken by some adjudicators in the past.

In employment law, the line between right and wrong is occasionally blurred, especially when it comes to possession of confidential documents.

In the recently released Ontario Superior Court of Justice decision, Gent v. Strone Inc., 2019 ONSC 155, the Court reaffirmed that an employee's duty to mitigate