As offences under the Occupational Health and Safety Act garner an increasing amount of public attention, the penalties to which employers, supervisors and other workplace parties have been subject are also on the upswing.

Fernandes v. Peel Educational, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice and the Ontario Court of Appeal were both asked to determine if a teacher's misconduct gave rise to just cause for termination.

A couple of weeks ago, we wrote on the decision in Taylor v Hanley Hospitality Inc. ("Taylor"), in which a judge in the Superior Court found that Ontario's Infectious Disease Emergency Leave...

Do employers have a general duty to act honestly and in good faith when dealing with their employees?

Independent contractors, the so-called "sole-proprietors" are a significant part of the construction industry.

On December 13, 2016, Ryan Conlin and I published an update concerning the recent case of R. v. Live Nation in which the Ontario Court of Justice found that the new test for unconstitutional delay...

An Ontario Court has revolutionized the law with respect to whether an individual can be held personally liable for fines imposed against the corporation for breaches of regulatory legislation.

Recent decisions from the Ontario courts have not been kind to employers seeking to limit employees'' termination entitlements through written agreements.

On December 13, 2016, we published an update concerning the recent case of R. v. Live Nation (since reported: here) in which the Ontario Court of Justice found that the new test for unconstitutional delay...

A New Brunswick Court has issued one of the most significant Criminal Code judgments in an occupational health and safety matter in recent years.

The Ontario Court of Appeal has issued a decision that will likely make it more difficult for defendants in complex regulatory prosecutions to assert their Charter right to be tried within a...

Your employee is on Facebook over her lunch break, when she notices that her friend’s brother is the President of a start-up that could likely use your company’s services.

Workplace harassment has been at the forefront of labour and employment law over the past several years, particularly in relation to the employer's duty to investigate.

In Caplan v Atas, 2021 ONSC 670, following a series of protracted, abhorrent campaigns of harassment and defamation committed by the defendant, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice expanded the common law in Ontario ...

The Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal declared that most of the legal restrictions placed on traumatic mental stress claims are unconstitutional.

New rules affecting employment relationships in unprecedented and varying ways have been made as a result of the Ontario Government passing Bill 27, the Working for Workers Act, 2021 ("Bill 27").

Suspensions are an important disciplinary measure for employers, often bridging the gap between less significant discipline and termination.

2015 was a busy year for those following developments in labour and employment law.

This spring, the Government of Canada announced significant changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program.

The last several weeks have seen the first round of COVID-19 vaccines arrive and be administered in Canada.