Ontario's Pay Equity Act aims to remedy systemic gender discrimination in terms of pay in predominantly female occupations.

As of October 17, 2019, the production and sale of edible cannabis, cannabis extracts and cannabis topicals became legal.

In a recent decision, the British Colombia Supreme Court upheld the dismissal of a long-service employee following a series of confidentiality breaches.

We have written before on the perils of (mis)using defined-term contracts. The issue we encounter in our practice most frequently is the repeated use of defined-term contracts.

In 2014 the Supreme Court of Canada recognized a legal obligation to perform contracts in good faith. In 2016, that principle is being applied in an ongoing Ontario Court action.

Although perhaps counterintuitive to most people, it is an established point of Canadian employment law that employee dishonesty does not necessarily justify cause for dismissal.

In the ever-evolving landscape of employment law, the recent decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal in the case of Lynch v. Avaya Canada Corporation...

As we all know, there have been a number of court decisions in recent years which have found termination provisions in employment agreements to be unenforceable because those provisions failed...

The warm weather is here and spring cleaning has begun. While most people think of dusting shelves, removing clutter and vacuuming the rug, we here at CCP are focused on tidying ...

It may be modest to say that 2020 was an eventful year for employers with significant changes to workplace legislation both provincially and federally, and numerous noteworthy decisions.

Practice Areas: Employment-Related Contract Drafting , Employment Litigation

In Matheus v McCann, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario heard an application alleging discrimination in employment on the bases of race, ancestry, place...

Even when a case is generally not favourable to employers, it can serve as an important reminder to companies to review and update their employment agreements.

To date, and as illustrated by a recent decision of the Court of Queen's Bench in Saskatchewan, these arguments have been rejected.

As you read about here, on April 29, 2014 Ontario’s provincial legislature voted in favour of proposed amendments to the Employment Standards Act, 2000.

The notion that an employer could or should be responsible for ensuring that parents can access childcare is likely a daunting proposition for many companies. Yet, a recent Federal Court of Appeal ruling, Canada (Attorney General) v. Johnstone 2014 FCA 110, suggests that in certain circumstances employers will be faced with the responsibility of helping employees access childcare, at least up to the point where it would constitute an undue hardship to the employer.

If you are reading this blog, you are probably well aware of the perils of failing to include an appropriate "without cause" termination provision in an employment contract...

In a case argued by Susan Crawford of CCPartners, Judge S.A.Q. Akhtar upheld the contractual provisions of an employment agreement that prohibited an employee from being entitled to bonus if not employed on the date of bonus payout.

In Doyle v. Zochem the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld a $60,000.00 award for moral damages to an employee who was dismissed in bad faith. In addition, the employee was awarded ten (10) months' salary..

We have been blogging a lot about how COVID-19 vaccine mandates have impacted workplace law, and now we can add one more context to our catalogue.