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The Supreme Court of Canada released a decision on May 22, 2014 which is of great interest for lawyers, accountants, financial advisors, and other professionals who operate through partnerships.

The Supreme Court of Canada this morning released its decision in the 2005 closing of Wal-Mart’s Jonquiere, Quebec location.

Monday June 2, 2014, the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador introduced brand new (and unexpected) amendments to the Labour Relations Act.

You may recall our blog last year, "Take me out to the ball game": Too sick to work, but able to play softball? that dealt with a telecommunications employee alleging he was too sick to work, but was then observed playing in a slow-pitch softball tournament on the same day he called in sick.

The baby-boomer generation (those born between 1946 and 1964) are a significant share of the Canadian population and while many within this category are opting to continue working well after their retirement years...

Most employees are covered by the Act. There are only limited exclusions of professionals and some employees in job creation or training programs.

Increasingly individuals are seeking legal representation to address hostile work environments. Employees claim they can no longer work due to their employer’s failure to prevent an abusive workplace or the psychological harassment of a supervisor or other employee.

As we reported previously, the Federal government is about to join most of the provinces in making mandatory retirement, for the most part, unlawful.

On April 29, 2005, Wal-Mart Canada Corp. definitively closed its Jonquière store.

Terminations can be risky terrain for even the most experienced HR professional.

In Roe v. BC Ferry Services, the BC Court of Appeal recently clarified the right contextual approach for employers to take when determining whether an employee’s misconduct is serious enough to constitute just cause for dismissal.

On August 15, 2018, the Superior Court of Quebec issued a judgment in which it concluded that the plaintiff, a bus carrier engaged in school and chartered transportation, fell under provincial jurisdiction.

The reason for this exclusion is simple: managers generally perform functions as representatives of the employer in their relations with other employees.

The Ontario government just passed a law to provide protection for servers and other employees who commonly receive tips.

DSF's employment lawyers Marty Rabinovitch and Leslie Haddock hosted an Employment Law webinar discussing 2025's top employment law decisions and looked forward to upcoming cases...

On April 20, 2021, the City of Toronto and Region of Peel announced that all businesses with five or more recent cases of COVID-19 will be ordered to close for a minimum of 10 days.

Fall has arrived! The leaves are changing colours, families are stockpiling Halloween candy (some of which will actually last long enough to be distributed on the 31st), and warm knitwear is being dragged back out of the closet.