Wrongful Dismissal Update: Judge Upholds Just Cause Termination for a 30 Year Employee Who Touched a Co-Workers Buttock
Judge Upholds Just Cause Termination for a 30 Year Employee Who Touched a Co-Workers Buttock
Fixed-fee legal services provide ‘peace of mind’ for clients
By AdvocateDaily.com Staff Clients can now pick and choose the labour and employment services they want in a new fixed-fee program offered by MacLeod Law Firm, Toronto employment lawyer Doug MacLeod tells AdvocateDaily.com. “Fixed-fee service can provide value in an...
Workplace investigations: tips for employers and employees
By AdvocateDaily.com Staff Canadian employers have faced a significant increase in workplace harassment claims since the Ontario Health and Safety Act (OHSA) was amended last fall, says Toronto employment lawyer Doug MacLeod. Many companies are unaware of these...
Demystifying impending employment regulations
By Kate Wallace, AdvocateDaily.com Contributor There’s been a raft of recent proposed changes to Ontario’s labour and employment regulations, but Toronto employment lawyer Doug MacLeod says the good news is that compliance isn’t onerous. Being...
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 violation of s. 50 of OHSA then the employer must...
Number of damage claims awarded by trial judges 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 2017, employees now often claim, among other things, wrongful dismissal damages, human rights...
Employers finding it difficult to comply with new Ontario laws
Lawyers as forest rangers You can compare employment lawyers to forest rangers. We prevent legal fires when we, for example, draft employment contracts and legally required policies, and when we provide prophylactic advice such as pre-termination advice. We put out...