He began his career at Strone as a carpenter, and was subsequently promoted to the position of Health & Safety Training Specialist.

Earlier this year, the Ontario Superior Court, in Cormier v 1772887 Ontario Ltd (St. Joseph Communications), addressed the issue of whether or not previous years worked

The tort of intentional infliction of mental suffering ("IIMS") is not awarded often, and requires the Plaintiff to meet a very high threshold.

In light the current COVID-19 pandemic, and its impact to the economy across the province, layoffs and leaves of absences are becoming much more commonplace. If your employer has temporarily laid you off...

Ontario's Infectious Disease Emergency Leave (IDEL) Regulation expired on July 30, 2022 in accordance with the provincial government's confirming of July 30th as the end of the official...

Work-Sharing ("WS") is an adjustment program for employers to avoid layoffs when there is a temporary reduction in business that is beyond the employer's control

MacDonald & Associates is proud to report on yet another of its recent successes following the precedent setting decision of Maynard v. Johnson Controls Canada, 2022 ONSC 3863, which was argued by Natalie MacDonald and Chris Randall.

In the absence of an employment contract or a valid termination clause, a dismissed employee is entitled to termination pay at common law

Mr. Benjamin Waksdale ("Mr. Waksdale") worked for his former employer, Swegan North America Inc. ("Swegan"), for a period of eight months before he was terminated without cause.

In Heller v. Uber Technologies Inc., 2019 ONCA 1, the Ontario Court of Appeal found that the arbitration clause in Uber's driver services agreement and UberEATS services agreement ...

On June 28, 2019, the Divisional Court denied leave to appeal the decision of Justice Perrell in Iluyomade v. Toronto Community Housing Corp., 2018 ONSC 7727 (CanLII)("Iluyomade").

It is quite common for employers to omit (intentionally or otherwise) payment of any bonuses a dismissed employee would have earned had they been given working notice or remained employed.

On January 1, 2021, the Government of Canada's Bill C-65 Workplace Harassment and Violence Prevention Regulations SOR/2020-130 came into effect.

A constructive dismissal occurs when an employer makes a substantial change to a fundamental term or condition of an employee's employment without the employee's express or implied consent.

Investment activity in Canada has picked up considerably in the third quarter of 2003.

The Canadian Emergency Response Benefit ("CERB") provides temporary income support to those who have stopped working because of COVID-19.

The CEWS is a $71 billion subsidy intended to assist Canadian businesses to keep and return their workers to their payroll during COVID-19, reduce claims on employment insurance...

The Ontario Court of Appeal released its decision in Mohamed v. Information Systems Architects Inc., 2010 ONCA 248 on May 7, 2018.

She was made to apologize to one of her harassers and was told to work "more cohesively" with team members.

Pregnancy discrimination is still something that is prevalent in the workplace, albeit more subtle then it was decades ago.