Under the Canada Labour Code (CLC), federally regulated employers cannot terminate an employee with 12 months or more of continuous service without just cause resulting from misconduct unless termination is …
About 3000 retired employees of General Motors Canada have won a class-action lawsuit against their employer, who was found wrong in cutting healthcare and life insurance benefits of the retirees. …
Employers often fear, with good reason, that assets, information and influence entrusted unto employees will one day be used against them. In order to protect against this risk, employment contracts …
By: Ellen A. S. Low Reported earlier this October, former trader, Jerome Kerviel, was sentenced to three years in jail and ordered to re-pay his former employer 4.9 billion euro. …
Employment lawyer, Ellen A. S. Low, reviews the workplace issues which arise during times of extreme heat.
By Cédric P. Lamarche Puisque l’internet permet l’accès à un monde électronique sans frontière, la majorité des employeurs adoptent des règles très rigides en ce qui a trait à la …
This is the cautionary tale of two cases that reveal the fate of employees too quick to sign their names… In Barr v. Pennzoil-Quaker State Canada Inc. the court ruled …
Canadian employers often protest that workplace laws favor their employees. My view is otherwise. Most employees lack the necessary bargaining leverage or sophistication to renegotiate unfavorable contract language. Should confrontation …
Here are five most frequent files appearing on my desk and in court dockets 1. Workplace Harassment Following Canada’s first million dollar workplace harassment award, I can expect to see …
