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Employee’s Privacy Rights Using Employer’s Electronic Communication Equipment Before US Supreme Court
December 15, 2009
A United States case regarding the privacy of text messages sent by employees from their work cell phones is going before the U.S. Supreme Court. Alth Read More...

Supreme Court of Canada Unwilling to Apply Doctrine of Severance to Restrictive Covenants
December 5, 2009
Ambiguous terms in a restrictive covenant will not be remedied through notional severance and only narrowly through blue-pencil severance.

Amendments to the ESA, 2000: Assignment Employees Now Eligible for Termination and Severance Pay
November 9, 2009
The Ontario Government has passed an Act amending the current Employment Standards Act, 2000 by adding temporary employees or “assignment employees� Read More...

SCC Clarifies the Test for Undue Hardship
October 22, 2009
Hydro-Québec v. Syndicat des employé-e-s de techniques professionnelles et de bureau d'Hydro-Québec, section locale 2000 (SCFP-FTQ) – Supreme Cou Read More...

Reasonability in Refusing Employer’s Initial Offer to Mitigate Damages
October 22, 2009
If a terminating employer makes an offer of continued employment, the employee will not be considered to have failed to mitigate their damages by maki Read More...

Bill 168: Employer Responsibilities involving Workplace Violence and Harassment
September 8, 2009
The Ontario Government has proposed Bill 168 which, if passed, will require employers to fulfill many new responsibilities with respect to preventing Read More...

Oral Contracts: Choose Your Words Wisely
August 15, 2009
Rejdak v. The Fight Network Inc. – An oral contract which precedes a written agreement will govern the employment relationship if there is no fresh Read More...

The End of Constructive Dismissal?
August 3, 2009
Loehle v. Purolator Courier Ltd. – Ontario Superior Court of Justice – June 12, 2008 An employee cannot resign due to a fundamental change to thei Read More...