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Does an unpredictable event that temporarily eliminates an employer's business amount to frustration of the employment contract? The British Columbia Court of Appeal's decision...

Fixed-term employment contracts often seem like a valuable tool for employers.

Employers are often faced with the galling choice between asserting just cause for termination, and paying potentially large sums of money to departing employees who have been caught lying...

British Columbia's Court of Appeal upholds for-cause termination of senior executive who falsified $250.00 in expenses

In such circumstances, the onus is on the employer to demonstrate that the employee was terminated for serious motives.

The recent case of Fernandes v. Peel Educational & Tutorial Services Limited provides a useful insight into an issue which has had employers gnashing their teeth for years.

Labour and employment law had some interesting developments in 2016. What follows are a few highlights from the last year and an introduction to an issue that may attract significant attention in 2017.

Manulife also advised Ms. Sowden that her bonus was capped at 135% of base salary.

In a previous blog, I discussed recent cases discussing the enforceability of termination clauses in employment agreements. In Ariss v. NORR Limited Architects & Engineers, 2019 ONCA 449,

When does notice of termination actually occur when there is a sale of business?

Phase 2 means certain businesses that were shuttered as a consequence of the orders or guidance of the Provincial Health Officer can now reopen ...

In Bertsch v. Datastealth Inc., 2024 ONSC 5593, the Ontario Superior Court was asked to dismiss a claim for wrongful dismissal as disclosing no tenable cause of action...

When Keddco was acquired by Canerector in 2011, Mr. Ruston was promoted to President.

Wrongful dismissal disputes are fairly common. In our experience they often resolve through negotiation and infrequently progress far into the litigation process.

Can your employee punch a co-worker in the face and avoid termination for just cause?

Overt acts of racial discrimination are thankfully not as plentiful as in the day of, for example, the Jim Crow South in the United States. This of course does not mean that racism does not exist. It simply takes more subtle forms.

In Battiston v. Microsoft Canada Inc. the Court of Appeal for Ontario recently held that an employee who provided online confirmation that he had read his employer's stock option...