Human Rights Update: Employer ordered to pay about 6 months pay and $20,000 in general damages to a short-service employee for age discrimination
Human Rights Update: Employer ordered to pay about 6 months pay and $20,000 in general damages to a short-service employee for age discrimination A recent case is a cautionary tale for all employers who are thinking about not attending a hearing at the Human Rights...Constructive Dismissal Update: Employee Alleging Workplace Harassment Barred from Pursuing a Civil Claim
Constructive Dismissal Update: Employee Alleging Workplace Harassment Barred from Pursuing a Civil Claim An employee quit her employment because of workplace harassment and filed a constructive dismissal action. The Employer brought an application under the Workplace...Wrongful Dismissal Update: Judge Upholds Just Cause Termination for a 30 Year Employee Who Touched a Co-Workers Buttock
Wrongful Dismissal Update: Judge Upholds Just Cause Termination for a 30 Year Employee Who Touched a Co-Workers Buttock After a 10 day trial, an Ontario judge recently concluded that touching a female’s buttock in the presence of four witnesses, who had conflicting...Termination Clauses: (Yet) Another One Bites the Dust
The issue of whether a termination clause limits an employee’s entitlement to the minimum notice set out in the Employment Standards Act may be the most litigated issue in employment law over the past 5 years.
Five Things You Need to Know To Make Sure You Are Treated Fairly and with Dignity and Respect at Work
This blog discusses five things you should know to be treated fairly and with respect and dignity at work.
Doug’s Top 5 Employment Law Stories of 2019
Doug’s Top 5 Employment Law Stories of 2019 We have started the last month of 2019 and it is time for my annual top Employment Law stories of the year. 2019 has been a relatively good news year for Ontario employers. On January 1, 2019, the new Conservative...I Do Not Like Employee Handbooks. I do not like them, Sam-I-Am.
When speaking with a client about other terms of employment that can be included in an employment contract, I always ask whether the organization has an Employee Handbook.