Your Partners Are Not Your Employees: Supreme Court of Canada Clarifies the Application of the Control/Dependency Test
In 2009, John McCormick, an equity partner in the law firm Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP (the “Firm”) filed a complaint […]
In 2009, John McCormick, an equity partner in the law firm Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP (the “Firm”) filed a complaint […]
In a just-released decision, the Federal Court of Appeal has confirmed that the ground of discrimination due to family status […]
Employer avoids liability for harassing texts sent by rogue employee In an interesting decision, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario […]
The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (“AODA”) has been around for a while. So what’s the big deal now? […]
Way back in 2008, the Ontario Human Rights Code was amended to permit human rights claims to be piggybacked onto […]
In a March 2013 decision that is likely to be challenged in the courts, the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal has ordered […]
A police officer who “suffered from bad temper and anger management problems” but said he was able to perform his […]
An employee’s guide dog causes a severe allergic reaction for co-workers. A religious employer requires employees to sign a faith-based code […]
In keeping with her stance on overly-invasive employee background checks, British Columbia’s Information and Privacy Commissioner, Elizabeth Denham, has issued […]
The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has ruled that an employee with a hypersensitivity to certain scents did not experience […]
The British Columbia Court of Appeal has unanimously held that the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal did not have jurisdiction […]
Ontario’s Human Rights Code, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary on June 15th, is being amended to protect transgendered people […]