Controlling Costs in Defending Human Rights Complaints – Joe Morrison

In Sterling v Wendy’s Restaurant, the applicants (a former Wendy’s employee and his wife), named 14 personal respondents, who were members…

In a recent decision of the Supreme Court of Canada, the Court dealt with the issue of awarding legal costs…

Don’t Miss our 27th Annual Employers’ Conference: Labour & Employment Law Update 2013. Space is limited.  Register Early! Topics Include:…

Ryan Conlin and Frank Portman discuss the disturbing trend of increasingly large general damages awards in human rights litigation.

When employees allege harassment in human rights complaints, they often refer to the creation of a “poisoned work environment.”  A…

Jeff Murray discusses a recent Alberta Court of Queens Bench decision that overturned an arbitration panel’s finding that Suncor’s random…

Employers must accommodate employees with disabilities to the point of undue hardship under the Ontario Human Rights Code. The accommodation of…

Obese Resident Awarded Preferred Parking Space – Jeremy D. Schwartz

As we have noted in previous updates, the size of general damages awarded by human rights tribunals has trended sharply…

In 2011, the Supreme Court of Canada released its decision in British Columbia (Workers’ Compensation Board) v Figliola (“Figliola”). The Figliola decision addressed the…

Ryan Conlin discusses recent changes to the WSIB return to work

The claim was filed 28 years ago by female employees of Canada Post with the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (the…

The law on addiction has evolved over the years in arbitral jurisprudence.  Earlier decisions treated illness as a mitigating factor…

It is a good practice for employers to have employees sign a full and final release when their employment is…

On September 4, 2020, Ryan and Jeremy discussed the legal tightrope in terms of employee attendance management, that employers must…