Your Employer Can’t Bully You! How Courts Are Recognizing Mistreatment Of Employees In Damages Awards
If you have been fired from your job, you may face difficulties in receiving the severance and termination pay you [...]
Railway Labour Dispute Resolved: Arbitration Forces Parties To Get Back On Track
Bottom Line On August 24, 2024, the Canada Industrial Relations Board (the "Board") imposed binding arbitration on Canadian National [...]
Navigating Fixed-Term Contract Risks: Essential Lessons For Ontario Employers
Are you an employer using fixed-term employment contracts and wondering how to avoid costly legal pitfalls? Ontario's recent Steele [...]
Health Spending Accounts Not Sufficient To Meet ESA Sick Leave Requirements
Previously printed in the LexisNexis Labour Notes Newsletter. A British Columbia arbitral decision is the most recent in a developing [...]
Costly Human Rights Complaints—When Can Employers Recover Costs In Alberta?
Employers must respond to any human rights complaints filed against them, even the ones that opportunistic or disgruntled employees file [...]
After-Acquired Cause Not Established After Breach Of Code Of Conduct
In January 2024, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice ruled in Ratz-Cheung v. BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., 2024 ONSC 161 ("Ratz-Cheung"), [...]
Ontario, Canada Court Affirms City Lacked Control Of Workplace And Exercised Due Diligence, Upholding Acquittal Of OHSA Charges
In R. v. Greater Sudbury (City), 2024 ONSC 3959, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (OSCJ) dismissed an appeal of the [...]
Ontario Superior Court Rules That City Of Sudbury Meets Due Diligence Standard
Last year, the Supreme Court of Canada sent shockwaves through the construction sector when it released its decision in R v [...]