201701 Quarterly HR Law Webinar 01: Use of Discipline Records for Just Cause

Employers have made their plans; they’ve hunkered down; and they’ve sheltered in place. As we traverse the long and winding…

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

The Ontario Superior Court has ruled that an employee who continued to work for 15 months following a change in…

Employers Not Liable for Tort of Negligent Investigation – But… – Jeffrey Murray and Jeremy Schwartz

Ryan Conlin quoted in the National Post and speaks with CTV News and 610 CKTB Radio re Multi-million dollar employee benefits fraud allegedly involving 150 Baycrest…

Bill 30, An Act to Amend the Employment Standards Act, 2000 in respect of family caregiver leave, went through its second…

By: Allison Taylor Employers should be dismayed by the result in the recent case before the Ontario Court of Appeal…

Employers are often faced with the galling choice between asserting just cause for termination, and paying potentially large sums of…

Jeremy Schwartz discusses how to avoid and address workplace sexual harassment.

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

A recent decision of the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (the “Tribunal”), Hussey v. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Peterborough Incorporated (“BBBS”), is…

One of the more deceptively complex questions in some cases can be: Who is the employer? Many businesses and organizations…

Landon Young provides draws on recent, wrongful dismissal caselaw to provide guidance to employers considering whether to terminate an employee…

While employee theft is frequently grounds for termination, shades of grey do appear in the case law. In a recent…

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