By: Jeremy Schwartz The Ontario Court of Appeal (ONCA) has quashed an arbitration award which upheld a just cause termination. …
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The Ontario Human Rights Code (the “Code”) was recently amended to add “gender identity or gender expression” as a ground of discrimination….
In an earlier blog, we discussed a decision by Ontario’s Divisional Court in Greater Essex County District School Board v. United Association…
Metron Construction has been fined $200,000 following a guilty plea to a charge of criminal charge negligence causing death in…
In a recent decision, Downey v. Encore International Inc., the Ontario Court of Appeal took a flexible approach based heavily on the…
By: Allison Taylor The decision of the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario in Sean Carter v. Neurologic Rehabilitation Institute of Ontario (2011)…
The Ontario Progressive Conservative Party is proposing significant changes to Ontario’s labour and workers’ compensation legislation which, if enacted, would…
In a decision by a rare, five-judge panel, the Ontario Court of Appeal (ONCA) ruled that a specific notice provision…
By: Landon Young & Jeremy Schwartz A release of claims signed by an employee upon termination has been struck down…
Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice recently struck down a release signed at a termination meeting. Read more about this interesting…