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What kind of damages are you entitled to if an employer engages in malicious conduct?

by Nadia Halum | Nov 29, 2016 | For Employees

What kind of damages are you entitled to if an employer engages in malicious conduct? Did you know that judges will sometimes award punitive damages to an employee when an employer engages in malicious conduct? This blog summarises one such case. Morison v...

The Number of Workplace Investigations are Skyrocketing: Here’s Why

by Doug MacLeod | Nov 22, 2016 | For Employers

The Number of Workplace Investigations are Skyrocketing: Here’s Why There are different types of workplace investigations and the number of workplace investigations is skyrocketing. This blog discusses four scenarios where workplace investigations are required or...

Court Says No Just Cause for Humane Society

by Nicole Simes | Nov 18, 2016 | For Employees

Court Says No Just Cause for Humane Society The courts have described just cause terminations as the “capital punishment” of employment law. If an employee is terminated for “just cause,” the employer is not obligated to pay the employee any termination or severance...

Litigation Risk Associated with Employee Terminations

by Doug MacLeod | Nov 17, 2016 | For Employers

Litigation Risk Associated with Employee Terminations Employment Contracts Eliminate Litigation Risk An employee and employer can agree on how much notice of termination the employer must provide the employee before the employment relationship commences. This...

Can My Employer Terminate My Employment When I am on LTD?

by Nadia Halum | Nov 11, 2016 | For Employees

Can My Employer Terminate My Employment When I am on LTD? We often get calls from disabled employees, typically on LTD, who have been terminated about two years after starting a medical leave. It often means their health benefits, including prescription drugs, have...

Is Asking About Age in an Interview Discrimination?

by Nicole Simes | Nov 10, 2016 | For Employees

Is Asking About Age in an Interview Discrimination? The Toronto Star recently reported that a 55 year old woman alleges that the Toronto Police Services (“TPS”) refused to hire her as a police officer due to her age. The Law According to the Ontario Human Rights Code,...

Why Employers Are Finding It Increasingly Difficult to Comply with Ontario’s Employment Laws

by Doug MacLeod | Nov 8, 2016 | For Employers

Why Employers Are Finding It Increasingly Difficult to Comply with Ontario’s Employment Laws Lawyers as Forest Rangers You can compare employment lawyers to forest rangers. We prevent legal fires when we, for example, draft employment contracts & legally required...

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What kind of damages are you entitled to if an employer engages in malicious conduct?

The Number of Workplace Investigations are Skyrocketing: Here’s Why

Court Says No Just Cause for Humane Society

Litigation Risk Associated with Employee Terminations

Can My Employer Terminate My Employment When I am on LTD?

Is Asking About Age in an Interview Discrimination?

Why Employers Are Finding It Increasingly Difficult to Comply with Ontario’s Employment Laws

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