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Upcoming deadlines for Ontario employers under Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005

By Catherine Coulter and Maggie Sullivan
  • Employment Standards

What do you mean my contractor is really an employee?

By Catherine Coulter and Maggie Sullivan
  • Constructive Dismissal
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No answer yet: The Ontario Court of Appeal declines to determine whether an IDEL layoff amounts to constructive dismissal

By Catherine Coulter and Emily Kroboth
  • Employment Standards

Is This The Definitive Word on Termination Provisions/Consideration?

By Catherine Coulter
  • Pensions and Benefits

Double Check those Bonus Plans!

By Catherine Coulter
  • Human Rights

The Final Word? The Ontario Court of Appeal upholds an astounding 10 years of back pay and employee reinstatement

By Catherine Coulter
  • Employment Standards

The Duty to Provide Reasonable Notice of Termination Cuts Both Ways

By Catherine Coulter
  • Human Rights

Miscarriage is a Disability

By Catherine Coulter
  • Wrongful Dismissal

The Final Word on Dependent Contractors

By Catherine Coulter
  • Employment Standards
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  • Pay Equity

Terminating for Financial Reasons? Don’t Expect the Courts to Help You Out

By Catherine Coulter
  • Employment Standards

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 […]

By Catherine Coulter
  • Employment Standards

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 […]

By Catherine Coulter
  • General

Employment and Labour Law: 2025 Year in Review and Future Trends

By Andy Pushalik, Arianne Bouchard, Catherine Coulter, Eleni Kassaris, and Cristina Wendel
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  • Labour

Hot topics, big shifts: Five key employment law developments from summer 2025

By Andy Pushalik, Eleni Kassaris, Catherine Coulter, and Arianne Bouchard
  • Employment Standards
  • General

Ontario employer update: New job-protected sick leave under the ESA comes into effect on June 19, 2025

By Maggie Sullivan and Catherine Coulter
  • Constructive Dismissal
  • Employment Standards
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  • Wrongful Dismissal

Employer success: Ontario Superior Court confirms enforceability of ESA minimums termination clause during a Rule 21 motion

By Maggie Sullivan and Catherine Coulter
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  • Workers' Compensation

Employers take note: Medical evidence is now unnecessary for an aggravated damages claim

By Kyle Isherwood and Catherine Coulter
  • Employment Standards
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  • Labour

A peppercorn and a PearTree: A recent decision by the Ontario Court of Appeal confirms that it is the existence of fresh consideration rather than adequacy, that matters in contract formation

By Julia Dales and Catherine Coulter
  • Employment Standards

New requirements for Ontario employers: Bill 149 receives Royal Assent

By Maggie Sullivan, Stephanie Lewis, and Catherine Coulter
  • Constructive Dismissal
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  • Workplace investigations
  • Wrongful Dismissal

Can employees be terminated “for any reason,” but not “at any time”?

By Julia Dales and Catherine Coulter
  • General

Ontario introduces the Working for Workers Act, 2022, addressing digital platform workers, electronic monitoring, and OHSA fines

By Emily Kroboth and Catherine Coulter

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Working for or against you: Copyright ownership and the “course of employment”

Without explicit provisions in employment agreements, employers risk employees retaining copyright in works they create, even when employees secretly develop a competing product. Employers presumptively own copyright in works made [...]

Employment and Labour Law: 2025 Year in Review and Future Trends

The Canadian labour and employment law landscape continued to evolve in 2025 with important developments in wrongful dismissal litigation and human rights. In addition, Canadian legislators introduced new laws intended [...]

A review of landmark decisions in employment and labour law rendered in Québec in 2025

The year 2025 saw several significant judicial decisions shaping the landscape of labour and employment law. In the following pages, we present the key highlights from a dozen rulings by [...]

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