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Remote work – what was once the exception in most workplaces is now becoming the new standard. With the shift to remote work, however, comes new legal issues and challenges for employers.

Does cause for termination actually exist? While the standard to establish just cause is indeed a high one, it is not always an impossible standard to meet if an employee's conduct is sufficiently egregious.

A 2013 decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal provided helpful guidance to employers while overturning a trial judge’s decision which found that Yohann Johnson had been constructively dismissed due to racism and a poisoned work environment.

Employers rely on forfeiture clauses in equity and incentive plans, as well as on contractual termination clauses, to limit their termination-related liabilities.

Gowlings Employment & Labour Law Group and Grand River Personnel address key areas of interest for HR in 2015...

This presentation covers developments in HR from 2016 and what's coming in 2017. Specific topics include:

As one of Toronto's top business law firms, Gowling WLG is comprised of a diverse and highly experienced team that provides clients with insightful advice

On April 24, 2024, Ontario's Health Minister announced that employers would no longer be permitted to request that a sick employee provide a doctor's note to justify their absence.

On June 1, 2014 the minimum wage in Ontario will increase from $10.25 to $11 per hour. Effective 2015, increases reflecting the Consumer Price Index will be announced annually each April and take effect the following October.

The Ontario Ministry of Labour started the new year off by obtaining convictions in three high-profile workplace fatality prosecutions.

The introduction of U.S. tariffs will have a significant impact on many Canadian businesses and their workforces.

The Supreme Court of Canada ruled this month that unions are entitled to collect personal home contact information for bargaining unit members from employers – even for employees who don’t join the union.

An employer’s safety due diligence can be defeated every time by one thing: a worker who won’t follow instructions or use proper equipment.

On October 17, Alberta Minister of Environment and Sustainable Resource Development Diana McQueen announced that the government of that province will be setting up a new environmental monitoring agency, with the aim of establishing the most comprehensive program of its kind in Canada.

On January 5, 2021, Alectra Energy Services Inc. (a division of Alectra Inc.) announced that it had completed the acquisition of Holland Power Services (HPS).

Although The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted our daily lives and ravaged our economy – including the Canadian energy sector – it may also provide us with an opportunity to "reset" our approach to the future of Canada's energy industry.

Whether they like it or not, energy regulators are the new gatekeepers of the technology shift that is needed to meet Canada's carbon reduction goals.