By Landon Young and Frank Portman Recent decisions from the Ontario courts have not been kind to employers seeking to…
Jeremy D. Schwartz
In a recent decision, the Divisional Court refused to grant damages to a terminated employee for an employer’s failure comply…
As offences under the Occupational Health and Safety Act garner an increasing amount of public attention, the penalties to which employers, supervisors…
An often-contentious issue in wrongful dismissal litigation is whether an employee is entitled to a bonus that accrues or would…
In a recent decision, the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld a lower court’s ruling that a citizen’s harassing behaviour toward…
It is common practice for employers to offer departing employees, who are being terminated without cause, a separation package in…
The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has heard many cases brought by injured workers against the Workplace Safety and Insurance…
One of the most interesting questions that arose after the Bill C-45 amendments to the Criminal Code, is whether a defendant…
B.C. Premier John Horgan announced earlier this month that the province will reinstate its Human Rights Commission. Like Ontario, B.C. currently has…
Ontario’s Divisional Court recently confirmed that employers have a right to ask employees to undergo an Independent Medical Examination (“IME”)…