In Hetherington v Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority, 2020 SKQB 110, the Queen's Bench for Saskatchewan considered the impact of an employee's voluntary interruption of employment...

Effective January 1, 2026, Ontario employers will face new obligations under the Ontario Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA) with respect to publicly advertised job postings. Below is a summary of the key requirements...

British Columbia's Office of the Human Rights Commissioner (BCOHRC) recently released A human rights approach to proof of vaccination during the COVID-19 pandemic (Guidance)...

On May 13, 2025, the Saskatchewan government passed the Workers' Compensation Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 4) and the Saskatchewan Employment Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 5).

Even when they establish rules and policies prohibiting the improper use of their customers' private information, employers may be found vicariously liable...(Internal Server Error)

Two recent decisions of the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal (BCHRT) applied the strict standard test for family status discrimination established by the British Columbia Court of Appeal (BCCA)

Canada's federal Pay Equity Act (Act) received Royal Assent on December 13, 2018.

In Benke v Loblaw Companies Limited, 2022 ABQB 461, the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (ABQB) dismissed an employee's claim that he had been constructively dismissed when his employer...

In M & P Drug Mart Inc. v. Norton, 2022 ONCA 398, the Court of Appeal for Ontario (OCA) dismissed an employer's appeal of an application judge's decision that a non-competition clause in an employment agreement...

In Dufault, the Court of Appeal for Ontario (OCA) denied employer's request to convene five-judge panel to reconsider Waksdale. Although termination of employee's employment was without cause...

This year has seen a number of international and regional legislative efforts imposing human rights due diligence and transparency obligations on multinational employers.

In NK v. Botuik, 2020 HRTO 345, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO) made a $170,000 damage award to a vulnerable employee who, after being sexually harassed by her direct supervisor...

Ontario's Superior Court of Justice has declared Bill 124, which limits public sector wage increases, null and void.

On November 30, 2021, Ontario announced that it had passed Bill 27, Working for Workers Act, 2021 (Act).

In Northern Regional Health Authority v. Horrocks, 2021 SCC 42, (NHRA) a six-member majority of the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) decided that in Manitoba, human rights disputes arising from the interpretation,...

In De Facendis v. Toronto Parking Authority, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice held that when a claim for workplace sexual harassment and workplace sexual assault "arises under the collective...

On August 17, 2021, Ontario announced that COVID-19 vaccination policies would be mandatory in high-risk settings, and the province's exit from the Roadmap to Reopen would be put on hold.

In Phillips v. Westcan, 2020 ABQB 764, the Court of Queen's Bench for Alberta denied an employee's application for a permanent injunction against his non-unionized employer...

In Khangura v Lumberwest Building Supplies Inc., 2023 BCSC 1053, the Supreme Court of British Columbia dismissed an employee's claim that he was entitled to damages...

In McCoy v. Choi, 2022 ONCA 403, the Court of Appeal for Ontario (OCA) dismissed an appeal of a motion judge's order, which allowed a Canadian Football League (CFL) player's action for damages...