Wrongful Dismissal Update: The Number of Damage Claims Being Awarded By Trial Judges are Going Up Once upon a time, employees did not sign employment contracts with termination clauses and employment lawyers fought over the appropriate “reasonable” notice period. In...
Fixed Term Employment Contracts Still A Bad Idea We’ve written before on how fixed term employment contracts are not a good idea. A recent decision from the Ontario Superior Court of Justice confirms the law on this point so far, and serves as yet another lesson to...
Childbearing and Elderly Caring: How to respond to requests for family status accommodation Because of changes in demographics and other reasons, employees are increasingly asking for changed work schedules or time off work to care for children and elderly parents....
TOP 10 EMPLOYMENT LAW STORIES OF 2016 The last page has turned on the calendar for 2016 so it is time for my top 10 employment law stories for the year. 1. Sexual harassment. The fallout from the Jian Ghomeshi saga continues. An adjudicator under the Code awarded $...
The Number of Workplace Investigations are Skyrocketing: Here’s Why There are different types of workplace investigations and the number of workplace investigations is skyrocketing. This blog discusses four scenarios where workplace investigations are required or...
Litigation Risk Associated with Employee Terminations Employment Contracts Eliminate Litigation Risk An employee and employer can agree on how much notice of termination the employer must provide the employee before the employment relationship commences. This...