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On June 16, 2012 a stage constructed for a Radiohead concert at Downsview Park collapsed. Thirty-three year old drum technician Scott Johnson was crushed to death.

An administrative suspension can be an effective tool for an employer to invoke when it needs to temporarily remove an employee from the workplace.

On December 8, 2014, in keeping with one of its major election items, Ontario’s Liberal Government introduced Bill 56, An Act to require the establishment of the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan.

Many employers who seek to limit their liability upon termination of an employee introduce termination clauses that strictly limit an employee’s entitlements to the Employment Standards Act, 2000 ("ESA") bare minimums.

In a recent unique case before the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) was found to violate the Human Rights Code on the ground of disability.

Earlier this year the British Columbia Court of Appeal issued a decision that should assist unionized employers dealing with accommodating employees.

In Lagala v. Patene Building Supplies Ltd, 2024 ONSC 253 (CanLII), the employee was dismissed for cause and commenced a wrongful dismissal action against her former employer...

On June 2, 2021 Ontario's Stay-At-Home order expired, signaling a small beacon of hope to the end of the pandemic for a province facing severe restrictions in response to the increase of COVID-19 cases during the third wave.

While not all employment relationships end as badly as the title of this article, they all, eventually, end

In a recent decision of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, two plaintiffs were each awarded wrongful dismissal damages in the amount of 26 months reasonable notice.

In what may be the first of many COVID-19 related constructive dismissal claims in Ontario, the Superior Court of Justice determined that employees deemed to be on infectious disease...

A recent decision, Pohl v Hudson Bay Company, 2022 ONSC 5230, offers a few lessons about proper conduct during termination. The decision arose after the Hudson Bay Company (HBC)...

In a significant employment law ruling, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Hannan v. Scouts Canada, 2024 ONSC 5361, addressed the issue of procedural fairness in the dismissal of volunteers.

A decision from the Ontario Superior Court of Justice confirmed a long-standing legal principle that is at the foundation of labour law: the courts have no jurisdiction to hear cases arising...

Recent case law has reflected changing attitudes toward and evolving understanding of drug dependence in the workplace.

In an earlier blog post, we wrote about an Ontario decision in which the defendant employer's conduct repudiated what otherwise might have been a lawful employment agreement.

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 to refer to severance requirements or the continuation of benefits.