Employment Law Protections for Parents Affected by Last-Minute Daycare Strike
Special to The Globe and Mail The question My child’s daycare was closed because of a last-minute daycare strike so I had to stay home from work. I let my …
Are Workplace Relationships Illegal?
Toronto Mayor John Tory has resigned due to a workplace relationship with a former member of his staff. This has raised questions about whether workplace relationships are illegal and when …
Ontario Courts Slashes Enforceability of Many Employment Contract Provisions
In recent years, the Ontario courts have been increasingly strict in the reading of employment contracts. New decisions by the courts have slashed the enforceability of many employment contracts, leaving …
Quitting your job requires more than providing two weeks’ notice. Here are the legal landmines to avoid
SPECIAL TO THE GLOBE AND MAIL Questions about what the new workplace will look like are a key theme in 2022 as employees return to the office in larger numbers. …
How Severance Package Lawyers Review Your Severance Pay?
A person’s job represents something so fundamental to their day-to-day life and sense of purpose that if they are let go from their place of employment it naturally leaves them …
Can an Employer Recall Laid off Employees and Workers?
As COVID-19 restrictions loosen, many employers are in the process of recalling employees that were laid off over the pandemic. Generally speaking, an employer is entitled to recall laid off …
With Vaccine & Mask Mandates Being Removed, Can Employees Refuse to Return to Office?
Many employees have been required to work remotely over the past two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As of March 21, 2022, the Ontario government has lifted its mandatory …
Deloitte Reversing COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates
The announcement that Deloitte is reversing COVID-19 vaccine mandates signals the crossroads at which many employers find themselves as society crawls towards a return to normal. As recommendations of health …
Ontario Government to Introduce Legislation Addressing Electronic Monitoring
On February 24, 2022, the Ontario government announced its plans to introduce new legislation that would require larger employers to tell employees if and how they are being monitored electronically. …
Is Secretive Recording in the Workplace Cause for Dismissal?
A recent BC case considered this very question. The BC court shed some light on how secretive recording in the workplace may be considered in the context of wrongful dismissal …