Employers are often unsure whether they have the right to ask for doctor’s notes (i.e. medical evidence) to justify employee…

Contracts of all kinds often fall apart over relatively minor details, despite the parties’ agreement on the majority of issues. …

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has ruled that a Ministry of Labour prosecution for violations of the Occupational Health and Safety Act (“OHSA”)…

Bill 18 has expanded legal protections to co-op students and unpaid interns in a variety of ways. Foremost amongst these…

The Ontario government introduced Bill 66, Restoring Ontario’s Competitiveness Act, 2018 on December 6, 2018. Bill 66 passed First Reading, and is…

The Alberta Court of Queen’s bench recently reviewed the arbitrator’s decision in SMS Equipment, a case on which we have written before (see…

Obese Resident Awarded Preferred Parking Space – Jeremy D. Schwartz

Hypothetical Standards: Human Rights Tribunal finds Police Liable for Racism – Jeremy Schwartz

When employees allege harassment in human rights complaints, they often refer to the creation of a “poisoned work environment.”  A…

It has been a year since the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in British Columbia (Workers’ Compensation Board) v. Figliola (“Figliola”). In…

The claim was filed 28 years ago by female employees of Canada Post with the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (the…

In a recent application to the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, the Tribunal found that an employer facing an economic…

Stir the Sleeping Giant: Remedial Certification Rears its Head in 2010! – Jeff Murray & Kelly McDermott

Significant Changes to the Human Rights Tribunal’s Rules – Kelly McDermott and Jeremy Schwartz

Jeremy Schwartz compares the results of two termination grievances arising out of racist and misogynistic tweets.