The issues of common law reasonable notice for long serving senior employees and bonus entitlement through that notice period can be thorny ones for employers

A recent decision by Alberta's Court of Queen's Bench has provided support for employers who act swiftly in terminating an employee who has engaged in verbal and sexual harassment.

There is no doubt that the COVID-19 Pandemic has had an enormous effect on not just individual employers, but on the very system of employment in Canada (and elsewhere in the world).

Based on current guidelines and requirements, employers can consider returning unvaccinated employees as there are very few specific circumstances where it is mandated otherwise.

A recent decision of Arbitrator Randy Levinson found that the Employment Standards Act, 2000 does not require an employer to pay termination pay to disabled employees if the employer wishes to provide written notice of termination instead.

In what would turn out to be the Liberal Government's swan song, and amid widespread criticism from the business community, the controversial changes ...

The government will be consulting with public service labour unions and employers with an aim to have the mandate in place by October 2021.

As businesses across the country were forced to shut their doors in the name of public health, many employers grappled and continue to grapple with implications of putting ...

A seven justice panel of the Supreme Court of Canada released a unanimous decision that contract law implies a duty of good faith that requires parties to perform their contractual obligations honestly.

Back in 2017, we blogged about Merrifield v. the Attorney General ("Merrifield"), a decision where the Superior Court of Justice recognized a new ...

On appeal, both parties agreed that the motion Judge's interpretation was incorrect, but disagreed on the impact of the interpretation.

In the recent case of Benjamin v. Cascades Canada ULC, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice held that an employee had failed to reasonably mitigate his damages by choosing to retrain for a new career

The Tribunal issued its decision in Scaduto v. Insurance Search Bureau, regarding the duty to investigate allegations of workplace harassment and discrimination.

As most employers and human resources professionals are aware, the Ontario government enacted the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 ("AODA").

Since Bill 168 changes to the Occupational Health and Safety Act took effect in 2009 with respect to violence and harassment in the workplace, we have seen an increase in the number of workplace harassment investigations.

Leading up to Canada Day, 2018 employers should have been preparing and reviewing their workplace policies to ensure that they would be in compliance with the Smoke-Free Ontario Act...

Employment lawyers always stress the importance of documentation in employee matters.

In December 2007 a guest at the Blue Mountain Resort died while swimming in the unattended indoor pool.

A recent decision from the Supreme Court of Canada has found that an employer's inspection obligations under the Canada Labour Code (the "Code")

Under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) the Chief Prevention Officer (CPO) has the authority to establish standards for training programs required under the OHSA and its regulations, and to approve the training programs which meet those standards as well as the authority to establish standards which must be met in order for a training provider to be approved to deliver the approved training program.