Skip to content

Brought to you by

Dentons logo in black and white

Dentons Canadian Employment & Labour Law

Making the law work for your workplace.

open menu close menu

Dentons Canadian Employment & Labour Law

  • Home
  • About Us
  • Topics
    • Topics
    • Labour
    • Workplace investigations
    • Montréal Newsletter

English

  • Occupational Health and Safety

“The Next Element to Attack is Fire”: Employee Properly Dismissed for Threatening / Intimidating Statement

This article originally appeared on www.occupationalhealthandsafetylaw.com. An Ontario arbitrator has upheld the discharge of a “modern day prophet” who stated, “the […]

By Adrian Miedema
  • Employment Standards

Employer’s Response to ESA Claim Cannot Form Basis for Defamation Action: Ontario Court

Employers faced with an Employment Standards Act complaint may air the employee’s dirty laundry, so to speak, in that proceeding […]

By Adrian Miedema
  • Human Rights

The Sweet Smell of Human Rights: Tribunal finds Employee Not Discriminated Against Due to Scent Sensitivities

The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has ruled that an employee with a hypersensitivity to certain scents did not experience […]

By Andy Pushalik
  • Occupational Health and Safety
  • Wrongful Dismissal

Termination For Cause: Another Case of “Employer Beware”

A termination for good business reasons does not always equate to a termination for just cause.  In the recent decision of […]

By Catherine Coulter
  • Pensions and Benefits

Division of Pensions on Marriage Breakdown: New Rules

Significant changes came into effect on January 1, 2012, regarding the treatment of pension benefits of Ontario members who go […]

By Employment and Labour Group
  • Labour

Arbitrator Reinstates Sleepy Security Guard

An employer’s ambiguous disciplinary policy and lenient past disciplinary practice has caused it to lose an otherwise strong just cause […]

By Andy Pushalik
  • Pensions and Benefits

Pension Benefit Statements: New Rules

Recent Ontario pension reforms have created additional disclosure statement obligations that administrators should consider when they work with their third-party […]

By Mark Dunsmuir
  • Constructive Dismissal

Boss’s “Stern Talk”, “No Nonsense” Style did Not Cause Constructive Dismissal

An Ontario judge has decided that an employee who resigned due to her boss’s stern talk and businesslike management style […]

By Adrian Miedema
  • Pensions and Benefits

New Expanded Rights of Pension Plan Members Regarding Advisory Committees

Ontario pension law has always permitted active members, deferred vested members and retired members of a pension plan to establish […]

By Mark Dunsmuir
  • Pensions and Benefits

Superintendent’s Power to Order a Pension Plan to be Wound Up: New Rules

Effective July 1, 2012, the Ontario Superintendent of Financial Services’ powers to order the wind-up of a pension plan has […]

By Mark Dunsmuir
  • Human Rights

Human Rights Tribunal Has No Jurisdiction to Hear Equity Partner’s Human Rights Complaint in British Columbia

 The British Columbia Court of Appeal has unanimously held that the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal did not have jurisdiction […]

By Matthew Curtis
  • Occupational Health and Safety

Ontario Announces Summer Safety Inspection Blitz Of Crane Safety And Surface Mines And Quarries

The Ontario Ministry of Labour recently announced a summer safety inspection blitz targeting construction sites with mobile and tower cranes, […]

By Blair McCreadie

Posts pagination

Newer Posts 1 … 5 6 7 8 9 Older Posts

About Dentons

Redefining possibilities. Together, everywhere. For more information visit dentons.com

Grow, Protect, Operate, Finance. Dentons, the law firm of the future is here. Copyright 2023 Dentons. Dentons is a global legal practice providing client services worldwide through its member firms and affiliates. Please see dentons.com for Legal notices.

Check out more at Dentons.com

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 [...]

Legal updates for Canadian employers: Key tribunal and human rights decisions

Canada: On Friday, March 27, 2026, Dentons’ Employment and Labour team hosted a national session focused on recent human rights and tribunal decisions shaping employer obligations across Canada. As workplace [...]

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 [...]

Categories

  • Amendments to Safety Laws
  • Caselaw Developments
  • Confidentiality/Trade Secrets
  • Constructive Dismissal
  • COVID-19
  • Criminal Offences by Employees
  • Employment Standards
  • Executive Compensation
  • General
  • Human Rights
  • Immigration
  • Labour
  • Montréal Newsletter
  • Occupational Health and Safety
  • Pay Equity
  • Pensions and Benefits
  • Privacy
  • Restrictive Covenants
  • Union Issues
  • Workers' Compensation
  • Workplace investigations
  • Wrongful Dismissal
  • WSIB

Subscribe and stay updated

Receive our latest blog posts by email.

Stay in Touch

Dentons logo in black and white

© 2026 Dentons

  • Legal notices
  • Privacy policy
  • Terms of use
  • Cookies on this site