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Employer Alert: Ontario Government Moving Quickly to Introduce Employee Friendly Changes to the Employment Standards Act

by Doug MacLeod | Jun 26, 2017 | For Employers

Employer Alert: Ontario Government Moving Quickly to Introduce Employee Friendly Changes to the Employment Standards Act The Ontario government is quickly moving Bill 148 through the provincial legislature. Some Proposes Changes to the ESA As discussed in a previous...

Wrongful Dismissal: the Retail Restructuring Edition

by Nicole Simes | Jun 9, 2017 | For Employees

Wrongful Dismissal: the Retail Restructuring Edition Recently, the National Post reported that the Hudson’s Bay Co. is eliminating 2,000 positions due to changes in the retail sector. Over the past few years, we have seen employees terminated from the Bay, Sears,...

Alberta Court of Appeal Denies Incentive Compensation to terminated Employees; Ontario Court of Appeal Does Not

by Doug MacLeod | Jun 6, 2017 | For Employers

Alberta Court of Appeal Denies Incentive Compensation to terminated Employees; Ontario Court of Appeal Does Not As we have written in the past, there is significant legal uncertainly as to whether an employee is entitled to receive incentive compensation during the...

OHSA in Wonderland: Through the Looking Glass

by Doug MacLeod | May 15, 2017 | For Employers

OHSA in Wonderland: Through the Looking Glass Section 50 of the Ontario Occupational Health & Safety Act (“ OHSA ”) prohibits an employer from disciplining an employee who has sought enforcement of this law. Guilty until Proven Innocent If an employee alleges a...

Employer Alert: What to Do When the Ministry of Labour (MOL) Comes Calling

by Doug MacLeod | Apr 18, 2017 | For Employers

Employer Alert: What to Do When the Ministry of Labour (MOL) Comes Calling We often get calls from employers who are the subject of a Ministry of Labour (“MOL”) Inspection. Sometimes the employer is a target of one of the MOL’s pro-active enforcement blitzes. For...

Are You Entitled to Damages if You are Harassed at Work?

by Doug MacLeod | Mar 17, 2017 | For Employees

Are You Entitled to Damages if You are Harassed at Work? The short answer is in some cases yes. Damages under the Ontario Human Rights Code You can obtain damages if you have been harassed because of your race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin,...

Can You Get Damages For Being Harassed at Work?

by Doug MacLeod | Mar 7, 2017 | For Employees

Can You Get Damages For Being Harassed at Work? Ontario’s Occupational Health & Safety Act outlaws workplace harassment but an employee cannot collect damages for being harassed at work under this law. In a recent case, an Ontario judge awarded an employee damages...

Employer Ordered to pay $ 425 000 of Wrongfully Terminated Employee’s Costs

by Doug MacLeod | Feb 27, 2017 | For Employers

Employer Ordered to pay $ 425 000 of Wrongfully Terminated Employee’s Costs In many wrongful dismissal cases, the legal costs associated with taking a case to trial exceeds the value of the legal claim. That is why the vast majority of these cases settle before trial....

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Employer Alert: Ontario Government Moving Quickly to Introduce Employee Friendly Changes to the Employment Standards Act

Wrongful Dismissal: the Retail Restructuring Edition

Alberta Court of Appeal Denies Incentive Compensation to terminated Employees; Ontario Court of Appeal Does Not

OHSA in Wonderland: Through the Looking Glass

Employer Alert: What to Do When the Ministry of Labour (MOL) Comes Calling

Are You Entitled to Damages if You are Harassed at Work?

Can You Get Damages For Being Harassed at Work?

Employer Ordered to pay $ 425 000 of Wrongfully Terminated Employee’s Costs

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