The Court of Appeal of Manitoba recently confirmed that there is no common law duty on an employer to investigate prior to terminating an employee for just cause.

On August 20, 2015, we reported on the Ontario Government's intention to elevate violence prevention for health care workers.

On May 6, 2020, the Ontario government announced that it will be allowing retail stores with a street entrance to provide for curbside pickup and delivery

Change is coming for Schedule 1 Employers who are insured under the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act.

CCPartners has blogged on a number of court decisions that address the enforceability of termination clauses

As many employers are aware, it can be an uphill battle to uphold a dismissal for just cause. A recent ruling under the Canada Labour Code (the "Code") demonstrates

Enforceable termination clauses in valid employment agreements are a key tool of employers in limiting liability to employees at the time of dismissal.

As you no doubt noticed on our Twitter feed last week, in a few short weeks Suncor Energy will begin random drug testing of employees at its various sites in and around Fort McMurray, Alberta

The Divisional Court upheld a noteworthy Ontario Human Rights decision in which the Tribunal ordered the reinstatement of an applicant whose employment had been terminated for almost a decade.

Recently in Gracias v Dr David Walt Dentistry, 2022 ONSC 2967 ("Gracias") Justice Perell delivered a disappointing decision for employers.

In this space, you have seen numerous articles reporting on the latest decisions interpreting contracts of employment: employees challenging anything and everything in the effort to be awarded common-law reasonable notice...

So it's not exactly the Empire versus the Rebels, but the Trudeau government has effectively nixed the Ontario provincial mini-Empire's plans to implement the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan ("ORPP").

I recently spoke at a Lancaster House webinar on the topic of "good faith and honest performance" in the employment context, and the recent case of Teljeur v Aurora Hotel Group 2023 ONSC 1324 is a good illustration of how those concepts apply in respect of a termination of employment.

You have read in this space about recent cases where the language and enforceability of an executed Release has been called into question, including whether a Release covered claims...

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.

By now most employers know (or should know) that accommodation is a difficult process to navigate. One of the challenges that employers

Recently, the Ontario Court of Appeal (ONCA) released a unanimous decision (here) upholding a lower court's refusal to grant an injunction against an employer's COVID vaccination policy.

April 1, 2017 is the deadline date for workers to be trained on the working at heights (WAH) training requirements as set out in the Occupational Health and Safety Act, Construction Regulation.

You may recall that CCPartners wrote in November of last year about a case making its way through the judicial review process in British Columbia.

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