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On April 28, 2021 the Ontario Government announced it would be introducing legislation to temporarily provide up to three paid leave days to eligible workers for reasons relating to COVID-19...

In the March 16, 2022 issue of the Canada Gazette, the Federal Government filed the Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Made Under the Canada Labour Code, SOR/2022-41 (the "Amending Regulation").

On November 15, 2018, the Ontario government introduced Bill 57, Restoring Trust, Transparency and Accountability Act, 2018 ("Bill 57").

With the current prevalence of remote work and the likelihood that it will continue in some sectors even after the COVID-19 pandemic has run its course, some employers are actively considering recruiting job candidates in,..

The Ontario Court of Appeal agreed with a motion judge that an employment contract was frustrated due to an employee's failure to comply with a mandatory vaccination requirement...

On March 19, 2020, the Ontario Government passed legislation in an emergency sitting that will protect the jobs of employees who are required to self-isolate or quarantine.

In the recent decision in Corporation of The District of West Vancouver v. Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 134, the arbitrator ordered that the employer pay $30,000 of damages to the Union as a result of the employer's.

In a recent decision, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice denied injunctive relief to an employer seeking to restrain its former fiduciary employee from competing with its business contrary to his...

In a recent decision, the Court of Appeal for Ontario found that the University of Waterloo (the "University") discriminated against a student applicant on the basis of disability in its decision...

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice held that an employer's failure to abide by the very termination provision it drafted amounted to a repudiation of the employment contract.

Filion Wakely Thorup Angeletti are pleased to present you with the most recent employment law updates for August 2019.

The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (the "Tribunal") found that an employer violated the Ontario Human Rights Code.

On November 6, 2023, the Government of Ontario announced that it will introduce legislation which would require employers to include the expected salary range on some job postings and would also require employers to disclose the use of artificial intelligence ("AI") in hiring processes.

The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on common law reasonable notice periods is still unclear. The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has now issued multiple rulings...

In addition to provincial vaccination policy mandates issued for specific high-risk settings, on August 24, 2021 the Ontario Government amended O. Reg 364/20: Rules for Areas at Step 3 and at the Roadmap Exit Step ("Regulation").

On March 27, 2020, the Federal Government announced a 75% wage subsidy for eligible employers as an additional support for workers and businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

In the recent case of Jacobs v. MyHealth Centre, 2021 HRTO 1009 ("Jacobs"), the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario found that the denial of services to a patient who was potentially exposed to COVID-19 did not amount to discrimination under the Ontario Human Rights Code.