Don’t Forget to Consider “Consideration” – Jeremy Schwartz

We’ve had a year to digest significant changes to labour and employment legislation, and the courts and tribunals continue to…

In this electronic age, many employers will make offers of employment via email. When the offer is being made to…

To be enforceable, non-competition agreements must, as a general rule, be reasonable and unambiguous in terms of their geographic scope,…

Terminating employees in Canada can be expensive. Non-unionized employees are owed “reasonable notice” under the common law, or pay in…

Date: Mar 28. 2022 The Ontario Government has proposed significant legislative changes that may impact how accident investigations and enforcement…

Employers are often told by their lawyers that satisfying a Court that there is “just cause” to terminate an employee…

An office holiday party is a great time to unwind as a team and encourage a sense of community.  Unfortunately,…

Jeremy Schwartz compares the results of two termination grievances arising out of racist and misogynistic tweets.

In February, we wrote about a decision by the Federal Court of Appeal in Wilson v Atomic Energy Limited (see our earlier…

Jurisdiction over employment in First Nations and aboriginal employers can be a complicated issue.  Until recently, different courts seemed to…

Date: Dec 06, 2021 Vaccine mandates have been legally and politically controversial in Canada and around the world. We are…

Corporate restructuring is often accompanied by lawsuits by jilted employees claiming constructive dismissal.  In a recent case, the Ontario Court…

Canadian employers have been confronted with a veritable ocean of new government programs, which are designed to help weather the…

Navigating the intricate legal environment of a merger, acquisition, takeover or other corporate restructuring can be difficult enough without the…

Canadian employees are presumptively entitled to “reasonable notice” of termination.  Although this entitlement can be limited to some extent by…