The Ontario Court of Appeal has delivered a significant ruling on employment contract termination clauses, addressing whether language permitting termination "at any time" or "for any reason" violates employment standards legislation. This decision resolves years of conflicting interpretations and provides crucial guidance on how courts should interpret termination provisions in employment agreements.

Over the last decade there have been numerous cases which rely on the Charter of Rights and Freedoms to protect and arguably expand a union's right to picket during a labour dispute.

Cambridge Analytica has been all over the news for the past couple of weeks.

BC’s Intimate Images Protection Act (“IIPA”) gives recourse to individuals who experience the non-consensual sharing of their intimate images.

The Ontario Court of Appeal dramatically increased the potential severance liability for employers using fixed term employment agreements by holding that the employer must pay compensation over the full balance of the term...

In Price v. Top Line Roofing, Top Line laid off two of its oldest journeymen, Mr. Price, who was 53 and a colleague, who was in his 60s.

In Sateri (Shanghai) Management Limited v. Vinall, 2017 BCSC 491, the B.C. Supreme Court summed up the law governing how far a departing employee can go in effectively assisting a new employer, ...

In 1991, Michael Jackson's hit single, "Black or White", topped the Billboard Hot 100 just three weeks after its release.

Most employers know the value of having written employment agreements in place for their non-union or excluded employees, particularly when it comes to setting out obligations relating to termination.

In a recent decision of the Workers' Compensation Appeal Tribunal (WCAT – 2016 – 00642, issued on March 1, 2016), the Tribunal provided some guidance as to what conduct could establish a claim.

The legalization of cannabis has and will continue to affect a great number of things in our country — from policing to residential leasing to the air quality at the Santa Claus parade

On November 17, 2020, the Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, tabled Bill C-11, the Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2020 (the "Act")...

In Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario v. York Region District School Board, 2022 ONCA 476, the Ontario Court of Appeal held that a school principal and the school board...

The B.C. Supreme Court's decision in Alsip v. Top Rollshutters Inc. (c.o.b. Talius), 2015 BCSC 1166 serves as a cautionary tale to employers when they are preparing employment contracts.

A recent Ontario Court of Appeal decision has once again highlighted the challenges associated with controlling bonus payments for terminated employees.

With the demise of mandatory retirement many people are now working past age 65. What impact does age have on the assessment of the reasonable notice period?

The Accessible British Columbia Act (the "Act") received royal assent on June 17, 2021.

In Benjamin v. Cascades Canada ULC, 2017 ONSC 2583, the plaintiff had worked as an unskilled labourer with the defendant company for 28 years.

Corporation of the Township of Langley -and- Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 403, BCLRB No. B117/2017 (leave for reconsideration denied in No. B151/2017) is part of a series of decisions...

Arbitrator Ken Saunders' recent decision in Lafarge Canada Inc. v. Teamsters, Local Union No. 213 (In-Cab Camera Grievance), [2018] B.C.C.A.A.A. No. 51 (Saunders) is instructive.