by Nicole Simes | Jul 9, 2015 | For Employees
Genetic Information and Discrimination On June 9, 2015, Peter MacKay, the then Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada announced legislative changes aimed at protecting Canadians from discrimination on the basis of genetic information. What Rights are...
by Nicole Simes | Jul 6, 2015 | For Employees
Do employers need to accommodate employees who smoke? In a blog last year, we addressed the issue of whether smoking was a disability and the relationship between smoking and employee human rights. To date, we have not yet seen a human rights decision specifically...
by Doug MacLeod | Jun 29, 2015 | For Employers
At Fault for Sexual Harassment: Employee Awarded $150,000 in General Damages General Damage Awards Before May 15, 2015 Since 2008, adjudicators appointed under the Ontario Human Rights Code have had the power to award unlimited general damages as compensation for...
by Doug MacLeod | Jun 23, 2015
General damage awards before May 15, 2015 Since 2008, adjudicators appointed under the Ontario Human Rights Code have had the power to award unlimited general damages as compensation for injury to dignity, feelings and self-respect. Since that time however, very few...
by Doug MacLeod | May 18, 2015 | For Employers
Employee Terminations: How Employment Contracts and Legal Consultation Prevent Legal Fires I strongly recommend that employers require all new employees to sign an employment contract with a termination clause. As a result, the employer knows how much it will cost to...
by Nicole Simes | Apr 21, 2015 | For Employees
A “virtual slave” through sexual harassment and violence only awarded $50,000 as general damages A “virtual slave” through sexual harassment and violence only awarded $50,000 as general damages In a recent decision, PN v. MR and FR the British...
by Doug MacLeod | Mar 10, 2015 | For Employers
Constructive Dismissal Update: Quitting Because of Intolerable Working Conditions If an employer’s treatment of an employee is so bad that it makes continued employment intolerable, an employee has the right to quit and claim damages for constructive dismissal. Is...
by Doug MacLeod | Feb 24, 2015 | For Employers
Making the Workplace an Accessible Place: One Obligation At a Time The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act, 2005, (the “AODA”), is a statute aimed at developing, implementing and enforcing standards that promote accessibility for people with disabilities...
