Upcoming AODA Deadlines and Workplace Related Requirements to Date
As the end of the year approaches, and with it the deadline for many businesses to file their Accessibility Compliance Report, it seems as good a time as any to review the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (the “AODA”) and confirm your organization’s compliance. More on that …
View the post titled Upcoming AODA Deadlines and Workplace Related Requirements to DateFrustration of Employment Contract: What to Consider Before Throwing in the Towel
Like any contract, an employment contract can be “frustrated” when continued performance of the contract becomes impossible or would be radically different because of a dramatic change in circumstances. Employers typically raise frustration of contract to formally end the employment relation…
View the post titled Frustration of Employment Contract: What to Consider Before Throwing in the TowelConcerned About Bill 148? Have Your Say By This Friday
Yesterday, the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs’ tour of Ontario hit London to hear from the public on the changes to labour and employment legislation proposed in Bill 148, the Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, 2017. Throughout the day, the Committee considered oral presen…
View the post titled Concerned About Bill 148? Have Your Say By This FridayThe Changing Workplaces Review Final Report: Permanency and Equality for Temporary Help Workers
Along with franchisors and unionized employers, the recommendations made in the Changing Workplaces Review Final Report could signal change for temporary help agencies, the individuals they employ (“assignment workers”), and the businesses who use these services to staff their operations (“c…
View the post titled The Changing Workplaces Review Final Report: Permanency and Equality for Temporary Help WorkersFormer Employee Successfully Sued for Defamation for Facebook Posts
In recent years, careless, or let’s say, less than sensible comments on social media have gotten countless employees in trouble with their boss. Employees who have used Facebook as a forum for posting threatening language and vile insults about a supervisor or offensive accusations about the…
View the post titled Former Employee Successfully Sued for Defamation for Facebook PostsResignation: Can You Take it Lying Down?
Say you’re an employer facing the prospect of being overstaffed. Some managers have recently left your employ but their support staff remain. You meet with one of your employees to discuss some upcoming changes to their job description in light of this impending over staffing. They are upset…
View the post titled Resignation: Can You Take it Lying Down?Honesty is the Best Policy: Deceitful Employers Jailed for Occupational Health and Safety Act Violations
As it turns out, the Ontario Court of Justice is as friendly to liars as the Ministry of Labour is to employers who don’t comply with the Occupational Health and Safety Act (“OHSA”). That is, not friendly at all. While most employers are mindful of the hefty fines they can receive for OHSA v…
View the post titled Honesty is the Best Policy: Deceitful Employers Jailed for Occupational Health and Safety Act ViolationsOngoing Evolution in the Law of Termination Provisions
Recent case law continues to address the enforceability of contractual provisions which try to limit employees’ entitlements on termination. Lawyers for terminated employees are keen to attack the validity of these clauses in an attempt to remove any cap on entitlements and extend the reason…
View the post titled Ongoing Evolution in the Law of Termination ProvisionsBeware the Employee Who Signs Too Quickly
Purchasing peace of mind against future litigation by offering a dismissed employee an exit package in exchange for a signed release is a common (and usually good) practice for employers. However, the B.C. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Saliken v. Alpine Aerotech Limited Partnership remi…
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