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  • Areas of Practice
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      • Bad Faith Discharge
      • Bill 148 Compliance
      • Class Action / Mass Terminations
      • Constructive Dismissal
      • Disability Insurance Claim Denials
      • Employment Contracts
      • Employment Insurance Appeals and Canada Pension
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  • At-Will Employment in Canada

    Cause For DismissalEmployment Law
    by Stacey R. Ball   August 2, 2023

    You’ve been hired under an at-will employment contract and you’re wondering if this is enforceable in Canada…

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  • Can You Get Fired for Calling In Sick?

    Cause For DismissalEmployment LawWrongful Dismissal
    by Stacey R. Ball   July 31, 2023

    Employees may often worry whether they can be fired for taking time off from work due to…

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  • What is the Duty to Mitigate and How does it Work?

    Cause For DismissalConstructive DismissalEmployee or Dependent ContractorEmployment ContractsEmployment LawGeneral
    by Stacey R. Ball   April 22, 2023

    What is Mitigation? When an employee is terminated without cause, they have a duty to make reasonable attempts…

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  • Notice Award Greater than 24 Months

    Cause For DismissalWrongful Dismissal
    by Stacey R. Ball   February 23, 2023

    When an employee is terminated without cause, they are offered a severance package. While many people believe that…

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  • Is CERB Deductible from Wrongful Dismissal Damages?

    Cause For DismissalConstructive DismissalWrongful Dismissal
    by Stacey R. Ball   February 5, 2023

    To help millions of Canadians, the Federal Government started the Canadian Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) program, which…

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  • Can an Employer Change an Employment Agreement Without Consent?

    Cause For DismissalEmployment ContractsEmployment LawGeneral
    by Stacey R. Ball   February 1, 2023

    When someone is hired, there is an agreement between the employer and the employee. This agreement sets…

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  • Compensation in Lieu of Reinstatement: Notice Model or Economic Loss Approach?

    Cause For DismissalGeneral
    by Stacey R. Ball   August 26, 2022

    In an unjust dismissal case, the presumptive remedy an adjudicator can award is reinstatement with back pay….

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  • Healthcare Worker Terminated for Refusing Vaccine

    Cause For DismissalGeneral
    by Stacey R. Ball   May 29, 2022

    Vaccine related decisions continue to be made as we move closer to the halfway point of 2022….

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  • Threats in the Workplace: Cause for Termination

    Cause For DismissalEmployee or Dependent ContractorGeneral
    by Stacey R. Ball   May 26, 2022

    Workplace violence, as defined under the Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act, includes not only physical violence…

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  • Secretly Recording Co-Workers: Just Cause for Dismissal?

    Cause For DismissalEmployment ContractsEmployment Law
    by Stacey R. Ball   May 22, 2022

    In a recent decision of the British Columbia Supreme Court, Justice Branch was tasked with determining whether or…

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  • Just Cause for Dismissal, According to the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal

    Cause For DismissalGeneral
    by Stacey R. Ball   January 25, 2022

    In a recently released decision, the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal was tasked with determining whether or not an…

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  • Constructive Dismissal Resulting in High Damage Award Upheld by Ontario Court of Appeal

    Cause For DismissalConstructive DismissalEmployee or Dependent ContractorEmployment ContractsEmployment LawGeneral
    by Stacey R. Ball   January 9, 2022

    McGuinty v. 1845035 Ontario Inc. (McGuinty Funeral Home) is a case unlike many others, in the sense…

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  • Three Days of Work, Three Months of Pay: Dalton v. Fraser Valley Fire Protection Ltd.

    Cause For DismissalConstructive DismissalEmployment ContractsEmployment LawGeneralWrongful Dismissal
    by Stacey R. Ball   January 7, 2022

    Employers should expect to provide some compensation to employees they terminate without cause. The amount of compensation depends…

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  • CERB Continuing to be Deducted from Wrongful Dismissal Damages (Or Not?)

    Cause For DismissalConstructive DismissalGeneralWrongful Dismissal
    by Stacey R. Ball   January 3, 2022

    I wrote a blog post this past August discussing the potential impact of Canada Emergency Response Benefit…

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  • TTC Union Loses at Court: No Injunction for Vaccine Policy

    Cause For DismissalConstructive DismissalEmployee or Dependent ContractorEmployment ContractsEmployment LawGeneral
    by Stacey R. Ball   December 28, 2021

    On September 7th, 2021, the Toronto Transit Commission announced its mandatory vaccination policy. According to this policy,…

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  • No Injunction to Prevent Dismissal in Mandatory Vaccine Case

    Cause For DismissalEmployment Law
    by Stacey R. Ball   December 13, 2021

    In the first of inevitably many Ontario court proceedings concerning the implementation of mandatory COVID-19 policies in…

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  • The Relevance Of Employee Sophistication

    Cause For Dismissal
    by Stacey R. Ball   November 25, 2021

    The Relevance of Employee Sophistication on the Enforceability of “Just Cause” Termination Provisions A recent decision by…

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  • Workplace Romance: Cause for Dismissal?

    Cause For Dismissal
    by Stacey R. Ball   October 4, 2021

    Commonly, our workplaces become the places where we spend most of our time. The majority of our…

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  • Workplace Investigations Prior to Dismissal

    Cause For DismissalConstructive DismissalWrongful Dismissal
    by Stacey R. Ball   October 1, 2021

    At common law, employers do not have a duty to investigate allegations of misconduct prior to dismissing…

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  • The Impact of CERB on Wrongful Dismissal Damages

    Cause For Dismissal
    by Stacey R. Ball   August 29, 2021

    In response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, the Canadian government introduced the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB). The…

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As Mr. Ball is an author of a leading treatise in the area Canadian Employment Law, published by Canada Law Book, he is routinely contacted by lawyers.

His work has often been favorably quoted and cited by superior courts in every province and the Supreme Court of Canada.

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