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When an employee is terminated from their employment, the employee has a duty to mitigate his/her damages by seeking alternative employment.

In a decision released May 31, 2016, the Ontario Court of Appeal made clear that the passage of time shall not in and of itself be treated as a bar to the order of reinstatement.

We know that non-competition agreements are generally not enforceable in the employment context in Ontario if they were entered into prior to October 25, 2021...

On April 1, 2024, the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario (FSRA) Information Technology Risk Management Guidance ("the Guidance") became effective.

On June 20, 2016, Canada's Finance Ministers reached an historic agreement to improve core retirement income benefits under the CPP.

I was invited recently to speak at the HRPA Conference on the issue of bad faith damages. I was focusing on the history of these awards and quantum.

In a recent case before the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal an employee alleged that he was discriminated against in the course of his employment on the basis of disability.

In January 2024, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice ruled in Ratz-Cheung v. BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., 2024 ONSC 161 ("Ratz-Cheung"), that the employer had not established just cause for dismissal...

In an award released April 26, 2024, an Alberta board of arbitration held that, much like the King of England, an employer was forbidden from "crossing the threshold" of an employee's home...

Despite its protracted procedural history, the facts in Kaynes are not complicated.

In March 2024, the Court of Appeal for Ontario dismissed an employer's appeal from the judge's decision in Teljeur v. Aurora Hotel Group, 2023 ONSC 1324 ("Teljeur").

With news of large Ontario employers, such as banks and financial services firms, imposing sweeping return-to-office mandates to take effect this year...

On October 16, 2024, the Government of Ontario filed the final regulations to implement its long-awaited framework for target benefit pension plans in Ontario.

Recent cases over the first half of 2025 are providing a valuable lesson for employers and employees – more of a caution to employers – when interpreting employment contracts during a dispute, including the enforceability of termination clauses.