In Dechene v. Dr. Khurrum Ashraf Dentistry, an employee who had been employed by a verbal agreement was provided with a…
Jeremy D. Schwartz
In a recent decision, Association of Justice Counsel v. Canada (Attorney General), the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld the constitutionality of…
By: Jessica Young and Jeremy Schwartz The Built Environment Standard is the final Standard to be enacted under the Accessibility for…
The Ontario Government has released a draft copy of the Built Environment Standard provisions for “public spaces”. Our AODA team…
Employers are often told by their lawyers that satisfying a Court that there is “just cause” to terminate an employee…
By: Jeremy Schwartz The Ontario Court of Appeal (ONCA) has quashed an arbitration award which upheld a just cause termination. …
The Ontario Human Rights Code (the “Code”) was recently amended to add “gender identity or gender expression” as a ground of discrimination….
In an earlier blog, we discussed a decision by Ontario’s Divisional Court in Greater Essex County District School Board v. United Association…
Metron Construction has been fined $200,000 following a guilty plea to a charge of criminal charge negligence causing death in…
In a recent decision, Downey v. Encore International Inc., the Ontario Court of Appeal took a flexible approach based heavily on the…