There have been a number of notable developments in recent days as the Country continues to gradually reopen.

The government of Ontario has now announced a state of emergency in response to the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus.

The government of Ontario has passed a regulation under the Employment Standards Act, 2000 ("ESA") extending the Infectious Disease Emergency Leave ("IDEL").

On December 24, 2009, six workers entered a faulty swing stage to repair balconies on the 13th floor of an apartment building in Toronto.

CCP released a blog on the Supreme Court’s decision in the matter of Communications, Energy and Paper Union of Canada, Local 30 v Irving Pulp & Paper, Ltd.

On November 7, 2022 the Government of Canada released Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Made Under the Canada Labour Code (Medical Leave with Pay)...

A common question we receive from employers since the introduction of the CERB is whether they can top-up the CERB through a Supplemental Unemployment Benefit Plan as is common with regular EI Benefits.

Much was made in the legal community of the Supreme Court’s ruling on summary judgment that came out in January of this year.

In July of 2016 the Supreme Court of Canada revamped the framework around an accused person's right to a speedy trial in the case R v. Jordan.

On October 25, 2018, Bill C-65, An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code (harassment and violence), the Parliamentary Employment and Staff Relations Act and the Budget Implementation Act, 2017, No. 1 (the "Act") received Royal Assent.

Introduced by the new federal government mere months after its election, Bill C-4, aims to return the advantages conferred on unions under the former provisions of the Canada Labour Code...

Karen Fields of CCPartners was recently successful in an appeal on behalf of R. v. New Mex Canada Inc...

When an employee needs to access long term disability benefits ("LTD"), employers should be mindful of the various pitfalls that can arise in trying to successfully manage innocent absenteeism.

A recent Ontario Superior court decision serves as a stark reminder to employers that using fixed term contracts can lead to costly damages awards- in this case one with a seven figure damages...

When it comes to termination of employment and wrongful dismissal, the case law in recent years has, to put it mildly

Employers are well aware of the significant obligation imposed by the duty to accommodate under the Ontario Human Rights Code

On March 27, 2020, the government of Canada announced that it will offer a wage subsidy of up to 75% for qualifying businesses, backdated to March 15, 2020.

No one could have anticipated at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March, 2020 that it would so profoundly affect the workplace for the balance of 2020 and all of 2021.

As we all know, the majority of the sweeping legislative changes to the Employment Standards Act, 2000 ("ESA") and to the Labour Relations Act, 1995 ("LRA") ...

In August of 2013 CCP wrote this article about Jan Wong, a long-time writer for the Globe and Mail, who was ordered to repay the money she received in a settlement with the Newspaper after she lost her job.