In a recent decision from the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, a plaintiff seeking damages for wrongful dismissal was instead found to have repudiated her employment contract.

By now, most employers know that Bill 27, the Working for Workers' Act (the "Act"), prohibits employers and most employees from entering into non-competition agreements ("non-competes").

Find out how termination and severance pay work in Ontario under the Employment Standards Act. Employment law lawyer Leslie Haddock breaks down the difference between these two types of payments...

Following the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on September 8, 2022, the federal government announced earlier this week that September 19, 2022,...

On 16 November 2022, the government of Canada introduced changes to the British Colombia Provincial Nominee Program.

On September 9, 2020, the Québec government announced the implementation of an employment protective measure for Quebec employees who will have to be absent from work due to COVID-19.

This is an important question, as it impacts such issues as whether travel time is paid.

In a recent decision of T.A. v. Rural Municipality of Grandview, 2025 Carswell 174, issued by the Manitoba Labour Board (the "Board"), it was determined that a former Chief Administrative Officer ("CAO")...

Effective January 2, 2025, Amazon employees worldwide were mandated to return to the office on a full-time basis. Amazon employees have been under hybrid arrangements...

On April 29, 2024, O. Reg 182/24 came into force amending Ontario's licensing regime for recruiters and temporary help agencies (THAs). The amendments introduce substantive changes — most importantly by altering.

In May 2024, the BC Human Rights Tribunal decided that Telus Employer Solutions (TES) was reasonably certain to prove that any discriminatory conduct...

There continues to be a seemingly never-ending stream of cases which confirm the perils of assuming that an employer's liability for reasonable notice of termination will be capped...

I started a new job recently which had a three-month probation period. My employer extended the probation period by another three months because he said I wasn't performing as he expected.

In our June 6, 2018 blog post we discussed the case of Lewis v. Westjet Airlines Ltd. and concerns around workplace harassment and discrimination claims being advanced through class action litigation.

In Pham v. Qualified Metal Fabricators Ltd. 2023 ONCA 255, the Ontario Court of Appeal held that employers could no longer rely on the argument that an employee...

In a previous CCP blog (click here) we reviewed a trial decision argued on behalf of National Money Mart by one of our partners...

In a good news decision for employers, the Court of Appeal for Ontario in Kielb v National Money Mart Company, 2017 ONCA 356, denied an employee's claim for payment of a non-discretionary...

The workplace in uncertain times: a two-part series for employers.

The Ontario Court of Appeal affirmed last week its earlier decision in Mikelsteins v. Morrison Hershfield Ltd. that a terminated employee was not entitled to share bonuses during the notice period...

Is an employer required to compensate a dismissed employee for lost opportunity to earn "profit sharing" during a termination notice period?