An arbitration decision released January 12, 2022 has joined the persistently growing list of decisions upholding COVID-19…
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Arbitration: Employee Must Disclose Vaccination Status
March 3, 2022
Read MoreEmailing Your Lawyer from Your Work Email: Solicitor-Client Privilege
March 2, 2022
In Jean-Sébastien Leroux v. Proex Inc., 2022 ONSC 319, an employee made a mistake that no employee should…
Read MoreFixed Term Contracts as a Form of Reasonable Notice
March 1, 2022
When considering the duration of an employment relationship, there are two primary options: either the employment period is for…
Read MoreDuty of Fair Representation in Unions Opposing Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccines
February 28, 2022
As mandatory vaccine policies continue to be implemented in workplaces across Ontario, many unionized employees are under…
Read MoreAbandonment or Termination: Wong v Polynova Industries Inc.
February 6, 2022
Did the employee abandon their employment, or was their employment terminated by the employer? That was an essential…
Read MoreVaccine Policy Upheld, Despite Privacy Concerns
February 4, 2022
On January 4th, only four days into the New Year 2022, Arbitrator Robert J. Herman released a…
Read More“Saving Clause” Does Not Save Illegal Contract
February 2, 2022
A recent decision of the Ontario Superior Court, Campbell-Givons v. Humber River Hospital, like many others over the…
Read MoreFiduciary Employees: Impact Security Group Inc. v. Brown
January 31, 2022
In Canadian employment law, not all employees or dependent contractors are alike. Some, by virtue of their…
Read MoreDismissed Employee Turns to UBER Job for Support: Income Held Not to be Deductible from Damages Award
January 29, 2022
Generally speaking, a wrongfully dismissed employee has a duty to mitigate their damages by seeking alternative employment….
Read MoreNew CIRB Decision Comments on Manager Exception to Unjust Dismissal
January 27, 2022
The Canadian Industrial Relations Board has released new decisions concerning the “managerial exception” found in section 167(3)…
Read MoreJust Cause for Dismissal, According to the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal
January 25, 2022
In a recently released decision, the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal was tasked with determining whether or not an…
Read MoreAge Isn’t Everything: 61-Year-Old Gets 2 Months Notice
January 23, 2022
We often think of an employee’s old age as being a very commanding consideration in the determination of…
Read MoreMandatory Vaccine Policy Does Not “Force” Employees to be Vaccinated, Says Federal Court
January 21, 2022
In a recent decision, the Federal Court refused to grant an interlocutory injunction against a COVID-19 vaccination policy….
Read MoreStrong Start to 2022 for COVID-19 Vaccine-Related Terminations
January 19, 2022
Throughout the previous year, we have seen many workplaces adopt controversial COVID-19 vaccine mandates. To some, it…
Read MoreWhat Makes a Great Law Firm Website in 2021?
January 19, 2022
If there’s one thing that doesn’t stay still, it’s technology. Ever wondered what makes a great law…
Read MoreSokoloff Lawyers Successful Injunction Against Former Employee
January 11, 2022
In a recent decision of the Ontario Superior Court, popular personal injury law firm Sokoloff Lawyers won…
Read MoreConstructive Dismissal Resulting in High Damage Award Upheld by Ontario Court of Appeal
Cause For DismissalConstructive DismissalEmployee or Dependent ContractorEmployment ContractsEmployment LawGeneral
January 9, 2022
McGuinty v. 1845035 Ontario Inc. (McGuinty Funeral Home) is a case unlike many others, in the sense…
Read MoreThree Days of Work, Three Months of Pay: Dalton v. Fraser Valley Fire Protection Ltd.
Cause For DismissalConstructive DismissalEmployment ContractsEmployment LawGeneralWrongful Dismissal
January 7, 2022
Employers should expect to provide some compensation to employees they terminate without cause. The amount of compensation depends…
Read MoreWhat Makes a Manager? Saunders v WestJet, an Alberta Partnership
January 5, 2022
Ms. Saunders was an agency sales representative with WestJet, her employer. She was terminated from this position…
Read MoreCERB Continuing to be Deducted from Wrongful Dismissal Damages (Or Not?)
January 3, 2022
I wrote a blog post this past August discussing the potential impact of Canada Emergency Response Benefit…