On January 1, 2018, significant changes to Ontario’s Employment Standards Act, 2000 under Bill 148, or the Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, 2017, took effect.
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The Ontario Court of Appeal in Doyle v. Zochem Inc. affirmed a Superior Court of Justice decision to award $60,000 in moral damages plus $25,000 for h Read More...
On April 26, 2018 the Ontario government passed Bill 3, Pay Transparency Act, 2018, which establishes requirements regarding the disclosure of compens Read More...
Most know the difference between “just cause” and “without cause”, and their implications for notice and severance. What if an employee’s mi Read More...
In McLeod v. 1274458 Ontario Inc., the Superior Court of Justice determined that an employee who was incapable of working when he received notice of t Read More...
While most people use the terms “laid off” and “terminated” interchangeably to describe dismissal from employment, there is in fact a legal di Read More...
In Trinh v. CS Wind Canada Inc. the employer was ordered to pay nearly $60,000 in damages after the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario found the employe Read More...
Bracken v. Fort Erie (Town), a recent Ontario Court of Appeal ruling that quashed a trespassing charge against a self-described “citizen journalist Read More...