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 […]
Ontario
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
What constitutes consideration to uphold an agreement?
In the recent decision of Downey v. Ecore International Inc., the Ontario Court of Appeal found that a confidentiality agreement […]
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, […]
Preventing Heat Stress In The Workplace
As many places in Canada are sweltering under a summer heat wave, employers should assess the risk of heat exposure […]
Extension of Grow-in Benefits – The Rules have Changed
Plan sponsors with certain types of defined benefit pension (DB) plans must familiarize themselves with the new grow-in rules which […]
Cashing-out of Small Pension Benefits: The Rules have Changed
The rules for cashing-out or “unlocking” small pension benefit amounts have been overhauled. Effective July 1, 2012, it will be a […]
Employee Fails to Mitigate Damages by Turning Down Employer’s Replacement Job Offer
An Ontario Judge has confirmed that an employee’s duty to mitigate may well include taking a job that is offered […]
Immediate vesting and locking-in
Ontario pension rules prior to July 1st, 2012 allowed employers to require Ontario members of pension plans to wait two […]