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Doug’s Top 5 Employment Law Stories of 2022

by Doug MacLeod | Dec 13, 2022 | For Employers

Here are my top 5 employment law stories for 2022: 1. COVID 19 – Temporary Layoffs This issue remains my number one story because this issue impacts so many court cases. Some judges have concluded that a temporary layoff set out in the Infectious Disease...

Reducing Litigation Risk

by Doug MacLeod | Nov 2, 2022 | For Employers

In a recent case, Pohl v. Hudson’s Bay Company, 2022 ONSC 5230 (CanLII),an employer was ordered to pay a long service employee the equivalent of about 3 years pay and contribute about $ 35 000 to his legal fees. Although this was a without cause termination case, it...

Another Reason to Periodically Review Your Employment Contract

by Doug MacLeod | Sep 20, 2022 | For Employers

After the Court of Appeal’s 2020 decision in Waksdale v. Swegon North America Inc. many employers revised the termination clause in their standard employment contract because its existing termination clause was no longer enforceable. Now along comes another Ontario...

Does Unpaid IDEL Trigger a Constructive Dismissal? Court Declines to Answer

by Doug MacLeod | May 24, 2022 | For Employers

In a recent case, Taylor v. Hanley Hospitality Inc., 2022 ONCA 376, both lawyers asked a three judge panel of the Ontario Court of Appeal (OCA) to decide whether a law which allows an employer to force an employee to take an unpaid leave under the ESA’s IDEL...

Is Secretly Recording A Workplace Conversation Just Cause for Termination?

by Doug MacLeod | Apr 19, 2022 | For Employers

More and more employees are secretly recording workplace conversations. Although it not is not a crime to secretly record a workplace conversation if you are a party to it, one judge recently concluded it is just cause for termination. This blog discusses this case....

Ontario Government Proposes More Employment Laws

by Doug MacLeod | Mar 22, 2022 | For Employers

In my last blog, I summarized some new employment laws that the Ontario government passed in December 2021. On February 28, 2022 the Ford government proposed more new employment legislation when it tabled Bill 88. This blog discusses three parts of Bill 88; that is,...

Employer Update: Recent Changes to Ontario’s Employment Standards Act

by Doug MacLeod | Feb 15, 2022 | For Employers

In December 2021, the Doug Ford government amended Ontario’s Employment Standards Act. This blog discusses two of these changes. 1. Prohibition against Non-Compete Agreements As of October 25, 2021, employers are prohibited from entering into employment contracts or...

Doug’s Top 5 Employment Law Stories of 2022

Reducing Litigation Risk

Another Reason to Periodically Review Your Employment Contract

Does Unpaid IDEL Trigger a Constructive Dismissal? Court Declines to Answer

Is Secretly Recording A Workplace Conversation Just Cause for Termination?

Ontario Government Proposes More Employment Laws

Employer Update: Recent Changes to Ontario’s Employment Standards Act

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