In a decision by a rare, five-judge panel, the Ontario Court of Appeal (ONCA) ruled that a specific notice provision…
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Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice recently struck down a release signed at a termination meeting. Read more about this interesting…
The tragic deaths of four workers at a Toronto construction site on December 24, 2009 quickly became one of the…
In a decision that will all but certainly find its way to the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC), the Ontario…
Under the new legislation, Bill 119, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act 2008 obligates independent operators, sole proprietors, partners and executive…
A recent decision, R v The Corporation of the City of Guelph et al.[1] provides a narrow interpretation of limitation periods in…
In Pegus v. Ecorite, a run-of-the-mill wrongful dismissal action, the plaintiff brought a motion for summary judgement. The defendant employer argued,…
The Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration Canada has made several announcements over the past couple weeks regarding proposed changes to…
Ontario’s Divisional Court has upheld a lower court ruling refusing to certify a class action for statutory notice and severance…
The Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB) has ruled that a worker does not have to be a certified or apprentice…