A recent Ontario Court of Appeal decision dealt a blow to employers’ ability to credit employee mitigation efforts and income…
Jeremy D. Schwartz
By Landon Young and Amanda Boyce Recent Canadian jurisprudence has been quite unfavourable on the issue of liability for bonuses…
Employers are often faced with the galling choice between asserting just cause for termination, and paying potentially large sums of…
The Ontario Superior Court recently recognized a new tort that would allow employees to sue their employers for harassment in…
When must a dismissed employee accept an offer of alternate employment with their employer? In some circumstances, employees will be…
It may seem fairly obvious when a worker breaks her leg “in the course of employment”. However, injuries and illnesses…
Although the final report from The Changing Workplaces Review is not expected until later this year, the Ontario New Democratic Party (“NDP”)…
Many employers include termination clauses in employment contracts to limit their liability when dismissing employees. When employers draft generous termination…
The planned legalization of marijuana will likely have a dramatic impact on the workplace. This is particularly so given the…
A business’ obligations to its workers will depend on whether the workers are employees or independent contractors. However, a recent…