On May 24, 2024, the Ontario Labour Relations Board (the "OLRB") released its decision in Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association v Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board.

The Ontario Courts' Civil Rules Committee is considering significant amendments to Rule 34 of the Rules of Civil Procedure, which sets out the procedure for conducting oral examinations out of court.

The Ontario Government announced on February 14, 2022, that it will ease public health measures sooner than previously announced, due to continued improvements in key public health and health system indicators.

In a recent decision, Waste Management of Canada Corporation v Unifor, Local 4268, Arbitrator Wilson upheld the dismissal of a long service employee...

On February 14, 2022, the Ontario Government announced its intention to lift public health measures in response to waning COVID-19 case numbers, hospitalizations, and intensive care unit admissions.

In a recent decision, the Court granted an employer's request for an injunction against a union engaging in unlawful picketing activity during a strike.

In a recent decision, the Court of Appeal for Ontario upheld the lower court's decision awarding a former employee over $1.274 million as a result of the employer unilaterally imposing a number of changes to the terms of employment.

As we previously wrote here, on November 27, 2024, the Ontario government introduced the Working for Workers Six Act, 2024 ("Bill 229") as the most recent installment in the "working for workers" legislation series.

The recent decision by Arbitrator Herman in Lakeridge Health v CUPE, Local 6364, 2023 CanLII 33942 (ON LA), confirms the reasonableness of a hospital's mandatory vaccination...

In a first across Canada, the British Columbia Supreme Court (the "Court") has held that an employee was not constructively dismissed when she was placed on an unpaid leave...

In its recent decision of Bruce Power LP, 2022 CanLII 5411 (ON LRB), the Ontario Labour Relations Board (the "Board") redefined what it means for a contractor to be a specialty scaffolding contractor.

The Court of Appeal in Safavi-Naini v. Rubin Thomlinson LLP, 2023 ONCA 86, upheld the dismissal of a defamation action under section 137.1 of the Ontario Courts of Justice Act (the "CJA").

Since December 1, 2022, new provisions of the Canada Labour Code (CLC) have required federally regulated employers to provide their employees with up to 10 days of annual paid medical leave.

The Infectious Disease Emergency Leave Regulation, O. Reg. 228/20 ("Regulation") enacted under the Employment Standards Act, 2000 ("ESA") in the early stages of the pandemic provided that employees...

he application was brought by four students who were refused a creed-based exemption under the Policy.

On September 27, 2022, the Government of Ontario opened the consultation process for the Portable Benefits Advisory Panel.

In Osmani v Universal Structural Restorations Ltd., 2022 ONSC 6979, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (the "Court") held that an employee (the "Plaintiff")...

Effective February 1, 2024, federally regulated employers who dismiss an employee without cause must give the employee notice in writing of the termination...

In Horne v. Public Service Alliance of Canada ("Horne"), the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario ("Tribunal") dismissed an application claiming that a job posting requiring a successful...

As we previously wrote about here, on May 13, 2024, the Ontario government introduced Bill 194, the Strengthening Cyber Security and Building Trust in the Public Sector Act...