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 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 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 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 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 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 MoreThe Necessity of Consideration – Matijczak v. Homewood Health Inc.
January 1, 2022
This recent decision of the British Columbia Supreme Court touches on a fundamental principle of contract law:…
Read MoreMore Evidence that COVID-19 Can Increase Notice Periods
December 30, 2021
Not long ago, the Ontario decision Kraft v. Firepower Financial Corp. demonstrated the willingness of courts to…
Read MoreTTC Union Loses at Court: No Injunction for Vaccine Policy
Cause For DismissalConstructive DismissalEmployee or Dependent ContractorEmployment ContractsEmployment LawGeneral
December 28, 2021
On September 7th, 2021, the Toronto Transit Commission announced its mandatory vaccination policy. According to this policy,…
Read MoreMandatory Vaccination Policy Found Unreasonable in Arbitration
December 26, 2021
In early November, 2021, Arbitrator John Stout was tasked with deciding whether or not the mandatory vaccination…
Read MoreBritish Columbia to Give Workers Five Days of Paid Sick Leave Beginning in 2022
December 24, 2021
It was recently announced that, as of January 1st, 2022, British Columbia will be the first and only province…
Read MoreThe Consequence of Failing to Mitigate, Even During the COVID-19 Pandemic
December 17, 2021
In recent Ontario decisions, terminated employees have been awarded higher notice periods due to, in part, their…
Read MoreNo Injunction to Prevent Dismissal in Mandatory Vaccine Case
December 13, 2021
In the first of inevitably many Ontario court proceedings concerning the implementation of mandatory COVID-19 policies in…
Read MoreThe Right to Disconnect: New Ontario Legislation
December 10, 2021
Ontario has recently proposed new legislation aimed towards giving workers the “right to disconnect” from work. The…
Read MoreOld Age: Reasonable Notice and Mitigation in Hettrick v. Triple F Paving Co. Ltd.
December 3, 2021
Ms. Beverley Hettrick was hired by her employer in 1996. She worked as a receptionist, bookkeeper and…
