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Volunteer rights? Ontario Court finds long term volunteer “wrongfully terminated”

By Pamela Shin and Allison Buchanan
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What you missed on your summer vacation: A recap of the Canadian employment matters you may have missed this summer

By Andy Pushalik, Taylor Holland, Victoria Merritt, Mia Music, and Nicolas Séguin
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Privilège dans le cadre d’enquêtes menées en milieu de travail : le « spectre de la divulgation forcée »

By Victoria Merritt
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Privilege in workplace investigations: The “spectre of compelled disclosure”

By Victoria Merritt
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Ontario Court of Appeal confirms employee entitled to balance of fixed-term contract when termination clause is void

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

By Julia Dales and Catherine Coulter
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Alberta court of appeal agrees: CERB is not deductible from wrongful dismissal damages

By Jenny Wang
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10 Employment Law Cases That You Should Remember from 2017 (in 280 characters or less)

By Andy Pushalik
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The Final Word on Dependent Contractors

By Catherine Coulter
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Enforcing contracts: The importance of careful implementation

In the Ontario Divisional Court decision of Simpson v Global Warranty[1], the issue was the application of a specific termination […]

By Benjamin Iscoe
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An Offer They Can’t Refuse – The Dangers of Recruiting High Level Employees

An employer is paying the price for dismissing an employee who was recruited with an attractive job offer. Bruce Rodgers […]

By Maria Faraci
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Human Rights claims in the Ontario courts – Now What?

Way back in 2008, the Ontario Human Rights Code was amended to permit human rights claims to be piggybacked onto […]

By Catherine Coulter

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Employment and Labour Montréal Newsletter – Issue 9 / August 2026

Many employers are aware that a significant reduction in an employee’s salary can increase the risk of constructive dismissal. In practice, however, the most complex situations often arise in much [...]

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