By: Jeremy Schwartz and Jessica Young Recently, the Ontario Government provided new details regarding the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (the “ORPP”). The…
Employment Law
The recent admission of a large number of new health professions to those recognized in the Ontario Regulated Health Professions Act,…
Summary judgment has increasingly become a process used to litigate wrongful dismissal actions. It can be attractive as it allows…
In February, we wrote about a decision by the Federal Court of Appeal in Wilson v Atomic Energy Limited (see our earlier…
Landon Young discusses recent case law on the enforceability of ESA termination provisions.
Terminating employees in Canada can be expensive. Non-unionized employees are owed “reasonable notice” under the common law, or pay in…
As work patterns change in the modern era, the line between independent contractor and employee can often become blurry. A…
Increasingly, the courts are striking down termination provisions in employment contracts resulting in lengthy common law notice awards to employees. …
We have previously written on the decision of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Danbury v 1416088 Ontario Ltd (see our…
Just cause is a difficult standard for employers to meet. In most cases, employees who are terminated from employment will…