Stir the Sleeping Giant: Remedial Certification Rears its Head in 2010! – Jeff Murray & Kelly McDermott

Jeff Murray discusses the recent Supreme Court of Canada decision concerning the closure of a Wal-Mart store after it unionized.

Ryan Conlin of Stringer LLP discusses recent jurisprudence concerning random drug and alcohol testing in Canada (post-Irving).

In an urgent motion heard on June 16, 2011, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice ordered Canada Post Workers’ union, the…

After nearly a decade-long legal battle, the Supreme Court of Canada has confirmed that employers are not prohibited by privacy…

Ryan Conlin and Jeremy Schwartz discuss Bill 146 and the potential impact on employers.

In a recent decision, Association of Justice Counsel v. Canada (Attorney General), the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld the constitutionality of…

Jeff Murray discussed recent labour arbitration decisions pertaining to employee vices.

Ontario’s Divisional Court has overturned a decision by the Ontario Labour Relations Board (the “OLRB”), in which the OLRB took…

The World Health Organization has declared COVID-19 a global pandemic.  Not since H1N1 and SARS before that, have employers faced…

In an earlier blog, we discussed a decision by Ontario’s Divisional Court in Greater Essex County District School Board v. United Association…

Although the final report from The Changing Workplaces Review is not expected until later this year, the Ontario New Democratic Party (“NDP”)…

In OPSEU v. Ontario et. al., Ontario’s Divisional Court recently upheld an arbitrator’s ruling to dismiss 22 (grouped) grievances over fault-based…

Frank Portman discusses the implications of the recent Supreme Court of Canada decision that the right to strike is protected…

Even as the world grapples with variants and what appears to be the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, employers…

Frank Portman explains two recent, landmark decisions from the Supreme Court of Canada, which may significantly restrain governments from crafting…