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Uncertainty regarding employer liability for terminations during pandemic continues
Photo credit: Getty Images/Runstudio You may recall from my previous articles, the Ontario Court of Appeal (OCA) in Dawe v The Equitable Life…
Sheryl Johnson
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Human trafficking in the employment context
A successful claim for the statutory tort of human trafficking in the context of labour under the Prevention of and Remedies for Human Trafficking Act…
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Year in review: top five Canadian privacy law developments
In an increasingly data-driven world, it’s more important than ever that Canadian employers stay up-to-date on any and all developments on the privacy law…
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What Ontario employers need to know about ‘mitigation’
Lake v. La Presse (2018) and its recent appeal help shed light on the subject. Photo credit: Pexels/Sora Shimazaki When we speak of…
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To grieve or not to grieve?
In choosing arbitration over an OHRT hearing, an employer must consider speed and expense. Photo credit: Pexels/Sora Shimazaki The standard process in Ontario…
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Holiday parties: making your lists and checking them twice
Are you an employer looking to throw a company party this holiday season? Read on. Photo credit: Pexels/Kampus Production With the opening up…
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Employers beware: how a termination is conducted just as important as why
Breaching the ESA’s post-termination payment schedule can now lead to moral and punitive damage awards in wrongful dismissal cases, as the recent Pohl v.…
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Volunteer or employee? Employers beware of volunteer misclassifications
The Ontario Superior Court recently ordered Toronto-based student travel firm S-Trip to pay a group of former staff $450,000 after misclassifying the workers as…
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Important considerations before declaring a ‘frustration’ of the employment contract due to a disabling injury or illness
Employers must not solely rely on the self-interested decision making of their insurance companies when making very important employment decisions. One such decision is…
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Disparity across provinces regarding whether to deduct CERB payments from wrongful dismissal damages
Courts in Ontario and Nova Scotia have thus far tended to decline to deduct, while courts in BC, Alberta, and Saskatchewan have tended to…