The Duty to Provide Reasonable Notice of Termination Cuts Both Ways
It is a relatively little-known fact to non-lawyers that just as employers are required to provide employees with reasonable notice […]
Employment Standards
Court finds termination clause purporting to limit a 17-year employee’s termination notice to the 8 week statutory minimum to be “clear, express and unambiguous”
An Alberta court recently had the opportunity to consider the question of whether a termination clause was effective to take […]
Early Termination of Fixed Term Contract Results in Employee Windfall (Or the Dangers of Dubious Drafting)
The Ontario Court of Appeal recently awarded an employee, whose fixed-term contract was terminated on a without cause basis twenty-three […]
Terminating for Financial Reasons? Don’t Expect the Courts to Help You Out
Employers who undertake reductions in force due to financial difficulties should not count on employee notice periods being reduced as […]
Employee Time Off to Vote in the Upcoming Federal Election
Canadians head for the polls in the federal election on Monday, October 19, 2015. The Canada Elections Act provides that […]
Minimum Wage Increase Now In Effect in many Canadian Provinces
On October 1, 2015, the minimum wage in Alberta, Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario and Saskatchewan has increased. Province Current […]
Medical Marijuana in the Workplace
With the recent expansion of legislation permitting the production, sale and use of marijuana for medical purposes, employers should begin […]
What If Your Independent Contractor Is Really a Dependent Contractor?
Many employers hire independent contractors to assist in their workplace and in most cases, the assumption is that doing so […]
Ontario’s Changing Workplaces Review
In May, Ontario’s Ministry of Labour commenced what is being called the “Changing Workplaces Review”. The review is intended to […]
Another Ontario Termination Clause Decision in Favour of Employees…
The Ontario Divisional Court recently affirmed the lower court’s decision in the case of Miller v. A.B.M., an important case […]
Required New ESA Poster for Ontario Workplaces
The Ontario Ministry of Labour has prepared and published a new Employment Standards Act, 2000 (“ESA”) poster entitled “Employment Standards […]
Upcoming Employment Standards Blitz – Precarious Employment
Beginning in May 2015, the Ontario Ministry of Labour will begin a province-wide employment standards workplace inspection blitz targeting the […]