2013 Q3 StringerLLP HR Law Webinar, Segment 3: Settlement Confidentiality

It is common practice for employers to offer departing employees, who are being terminated without cause, a separation package in…

Technological advancements frequently outpace the law’s ability to respond to the challenges they create. With the click of a button,…

Allison Taylor discusses the recent Federal Court of Appeal decision which outlined a new, balanced test for family status discrimination…

The Ontario Labour Relations Board (the “Board”) has issued a landmark decision which clears the path for Foodora couriers to…

Allison Taylor discusses progressive discipline and termination for employee misconduct.

At times, employers despair at the perceived narrowing of the requirements of just cause for termination. With many adjudicators focused on…

Ryan Conlin summarizes and comments upon the significant amendments Bill 18 has effected to Ontario’s Employment Standards Act, Workplace Safety…

Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice recently struck down a release signed at a termination meeting.  Read more about this interesting…

The Divisional Court recently upheld a trial decision finding that an employer did not defame a former employee when it…

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

When no work is available in a particular field, dismissed employees may undertake reasonable mitigation efforts by pursuing re-training to…

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

By: Landon Young and Jessica Young “Change or die” has become a truism in business today.  Employers must be able…

Would it be a constructive dismissal to refuse to pay an employee the third of a million dollars you owe…

Over a period of five months, Crown Metal Packaging Canada LP provided Mr. Di Tomaso with five notices of termination, containing four…