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 …
Record inflation in Canada has left all Canadians feeling the impact of the increased cost of groceries, gas, basic household necessities and more. In 2022, inflation reached a three-decade high, …
Federal Tribunal Reverses EI denial A federal tribunal has recently held that an employee terminated as a result of noncompliance with his employer’s COVID-19 vaccination policy should have received Employment …
With recent mass layoffs in Canada, many workers are frustrated in trying to learn how to protect their legal rights while facing dismissal. Â A separation from the team you have …
Bell Media, the parent company of CTV News, announced today that it would conduct a workplace investigation of the recent termination of Lisa LaFlamme, formerly the anchor of CTV’s National …
Special to The Globe and Mail Far too often, employers make decisions that are tainted by discriminatory motivations, without even recognizing they are doing so. This practice is known as …
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, we saw many workers jump on the opportunity to move out of the city and into the suburbs… or further. What happens if an employee decides …
The Ontario Court of Appeal’s most recent case involving an employee’s privacy rights in the workplace provides that Section 8 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms protects public school …
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 …
Special to The Globe and Mail For many Canadian workers, the Pandemic has accelerated an evolution toward freelance work. Both employers and workers are attracted to the flexibility that freelancing …
