Ryan Conlin and Frank Portman discuss the disturbing trend of increasingly large general damages awards in human rights litigation.
Related Posts
The Ontario Superior Court recently awarded an employee on leave due to disability, damages representing the salary he would have…
Rehiring Former Employees: Avoiding the Risk of “Continuous Employment” – Allison Taylor
Landon Young provides draws on recent, wrongful dismissal caselaw to provide guidance to employers considering whether to terminate an employee…
Perhaps, when an ex-employee takes six years to “discover” that they were wrongfully dismissed. Thankfully, the Ontario Court of Appeal…
Ontario’s Divisional Court recently confirmed that employers have a right to ask employees to undergo an Independent Medical Examination (“IME”)…
On September 4, 2020, Ryan and Jeremy discussed the legal tightrope in terms of employee attendance management, that employers must…
Frank Portman discusses a recent Ontario Court of Appeal decision which greatly increased the scope of general and other damages…
The Ontario Superior Court recently allowed an employee to proceed with claims against his former employer regarding long-term disability insurance,…
It has been a year since the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in British Columbia (Workers’ Compensation Board) v. Figliola (“Figliola”). In…
In Dechene v. Dr. Khurrum Ashraf Dentistry, an employee who had been employed by a verbal agreement was provided with a…
Responding to Human Rights Harassment Complaints: Guidelines from the HRTO – Jeremy Schwartz
As readers of our Blog and recent update are aware, the blockbuster Supreme Court decision in British Columbia (Workers’ Compensation Board) v. Figliola,…
Allison discusses the difference between a valid and invalid resignation
By Jeremy Schwartz and Haadi Malik In April, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice ruled in Coutinho v Ocular Health Centre…
Tweet This Post Posted on Wednesday, July 6th, 2011 at 11:24 am Categories: Uncategorized.