Navigating Ontario’s Employment Standards Act: Part II (Employment Standards Act Exemptions) Navigating Ontario’s Employment Standards Act: Part II ( Employment Standards Act Exemptions ) Ontario’s Employment Standards Act (the ESA) The ESA sets out the minimum terms...
Termination Clauses: Are They Enforceable? Employees often come to us to review their severance packages. Assessing whether a severance package is fair often depends on whether or not there is a termination clause in an employment contract. We carefully review the...
Ontario’s Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA): Everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask Mandatory health and safety awareness training is the latest obligation being imposed on Ontario employers under OHSA. All employees must complete training by...
What Is The Cost of Terminating a Pregnant Employee? The Cost of Terminating a Pregnant Employee A Pregnant Employee’s Rights In Ontario, any woman who is hired at least 13 weeks before the date her baby is expected to be born is entitled to take a pregnancy leave of...
Employee Terminations: Doing It Right Employee Terminations: Doing It Right The toughest job for most managers is terminating a colleague. From the legal perspective, the challenge is to minimize the organization’s legal exposure and conduct the termination meeting in...
Legal Trends In Human Resource Management Your staff is your greatest source for strategic advantage against your competitors. Harnessing the talents of a motivated and productive workforce will provide your organization with a true competitive advantage. Recent...
Family Status Accommodations – for times when babies need tending and parents need mending (Part 1) What are the legal ” family status ” issues involved when a single mother asks for time off to care for her sick child. What about when an only child asks...
Employment Laws – Do They Apply When Your Employees Travel? Geographical barriers don’t exist in today’s business world. But when your employees travel outside Ontario for work, have you considered which employment laws apply? And if this is on a regular basis, you...