Tweeting your way to termination: Twitter privacy settings can’t protect you from the law Since the beginning of time, employees have privately complained about work and made inappropriate comments to friends and family. Today, however, this venting is happening...
Bill 18: How will the Employment Law Changes Affect You? On February 20, 2015, several significant employment law changes will take effect that will benefit employees. Some of these include indexing the minimum wage and expanding the definition of a worker under the...
Constructive Dismissal Update: 2014 Decisions I am often asked whether a change in employment (or more than one change) is a constructive dismissal. If so, the employee can quit and claim damages for pay in lieu of notice of termination. If not, the person receives no...
Breach of Privacy: Why Spying On Your Ex (or anyone else) Will Cost You In 2012, the Ontario Court of Appeal established greater protections for privacy. In the case Jones v. Tsige, the Court established the new tort of intrusion upon seclusion. In that case, an...
Human Rights Update: Owner of hunting lodge ordered to pay seasonal employee who had a workplace injury almost 3 years pay The Facts Tammy Pelletier worked as a housekeeper at a hunting lodge for six months each year. She was a seasonal employee and earned $ 13 per...
Occupational Health and Safety Update: Chief Prevention Officer Issues Annual Report On October 30, 2014 Ontario’s Chief Prevention Officer submitted the “Occupational Health and Safety in Ontario: 2013-14 Annual Report” to the Ontario Minister of Labour. This Annual...
Preventing Legal Fires: Employment Contracts, No Discrimination Policies and Disability Management Programs I have been providing employment law advice to employers for over 25 years. I provide preventive advice and I put out legal fires. When I provide the former...
Jian Ghomeshi: Legal Shades of Grey Part 2 – CBC Investigation Janice Rubin, a lawyer and a workplace investigator has been retained by the CBC in the wake of the Jian Ghomeshi affair. Her mandate (or terms of reference) are reproduced in a recent article by Brian...