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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”

By Cristina Wendel
  • 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

Employee Time Off to Vote in the Upcoming Federal Election

By Matthew Curtis
  • Employment Standards

Minimum Wage Increase Now In Effect in many Canadian Provinces

By Matthew Curtis
  • 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
  • Employment Standards

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 […]

By Catherine Coulter
  • Employment Standards

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 […]

By Catherine Coulter
  • Employment Standards

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 […]

By Catherine Coulter
  • Employment Standards

BC and Ontario Employers Take Note: Upcoming Minimum Wage Changes

Ontario Last fall the Ontario Employment Standards Act, 2000 was amended to index increases to the minimum wage to Ontario’s […]

By Matthew Curtis
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On the Radar Screen: the Stronger Workplaces for a Stronger Economy Act, 2014

As we reported in a previous blog post that can be found here, the Stronger Workplaces for a Stronger Economy […]

By Benjamin Iscoe
  • Employment Standards

The Dangers of Unpaid Employment in a Start-Up Company

Unpaid internships were discussed in an April 8th posting in this blog and it is clear that most Ontario interns have […]

By Catherine Coulter

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