As of October 1, 2024, minimum wage in Ontario has increased 3.9% from $16.55 to $17.20 an hour.
After Waksdale, when amending employment agreements, what truly counts as sufficient consideration for new contract terms?
Bill 190 proposes transformative updates to Ontario’s Employment Standards and Occupational Health and Safety Acts, reflecting evolving workplace norms and enhancing worker protections.
The Waksdale v. Swegon North America Inc. decision, which we reported on here (and many times thereafter), opened the floodgates to ongoing…
A recent Ontario Superior Court decision has poked yet another hole in employers’ standard termination clauses, prompting another wave of reviews of…
Where an employee needs a specific qualification to perform a job, is the employer obligated to pay an employee to obtain that…
We published over 50 posts in 2023 as part of our monthly newsletter covering what is new and exciting in labour and…
Jessica McGaw v. Sobeys Capital Inc., 2023 ONSC 6279 (CanLII) In an unusual case, a strategy to discredit a witness by comparing…
Overview In last month’s newsletter, we wrote about the third installment of the Ford Government’s “Working for Workers” legislation, the Working for…
Non-Compete Clauses in Ontario Employment Law a) Background In this article we consider the impact of the prohibition of employment-related non-compete agreements…
In the last month, the Courts have issued three decisions that are outliers worthy of mention. The first involves a notice period…
On October 26, 2023, Bill 79, the Working for Workers Act, 2023 received royal assent. This Act is the third in a…
