Join our Partner, Carita Wong, on Friday, March 1, 2024 as she co-chairs this webcast on the essential requirements of the Employment Standards Act. To register and for more details go here: https://store.lso.ca/the-employment-standards-act-a-primer-2024.

Our Partner Krista Kais-Prial spoke to the Canadian HR Reporter about the importance of properly and compassionately managing difficult termination meetings.

On March 6, 2024, our Partner Carita Wong spoke at the University of Toronto's Women & Gender Studies' International Women's Day Panel...

British Columbia's Court of Appeal upholds for-cause termination of senior executive who falsified $250.00 in expenses

A recent Court of Appeal decision illustrates the potential liability associated with terminating an employee returning from a medical leave of absence...

Changes to the ESA vacation pay provisions effective June 21st require a written agreement with the employee if paying vacation pay in an alternative method to a lump-sum prior to the employee's vacation

Previously, the Canada Labour Code ("CLC") provided employees with three months of service or more with only two weeks of notice upon termination, regardless of the employee's years of service.

In the recent case of Metrolinx v. Amalgamated Transit Union, the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld a divisional court ruling quashing the decision of an Arbitrator...

IFW March 2024 Newsletter – A New Decision that Affects Termination Clauses and MORE!

Ontario Court of Appeal confirms employee's refusal to vaccinate against COVID-19 in accordance with customer's vaccination policy constitutes frustration of contract...

Recently, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice issued a ruling in the case of McFarlane v. King Ursa Inc., awarding a shortserving, executive employee 12 months' notice and $40,000 in moral damages.

As of January 1, 2024, the federal Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act (the "Act") has come into force.

Due to the ongoing uncertainties caused by the tariffs being imposed and threatened by the U.S., many employers are being forced to make difficult decisions about their workforce...

Partner Carita Wong will be speaking at Osgoode Hall Professional Development's Human Resources Law for HR Professionals course on March 20, 2025.

In the recent case of Bertsch v. Datastealth Inc., 2025 ONCA 379 ["Bertsch"], the Ontario Court of Appeal (the "ONCA") upheld the lower court's decision that held a termination clause...