On October 25, 2021, the Ontario Government proposed Bill 27, Working for Workers Act, 2021 (the “Bill”) that, if passed, will introduce…
Introduction Where an incentive plan pays out annually, is a terminated employee entitled to a pro-rated bonus calculated based on an average…
In the leading Supreme Court of Canada decision, Evans v Teamsters Local Union No. 31, the duty to mitigate is described as a duty to take…
COVID Bumps and Reasonable Notice Goetz v. Instow Enterprises Ltd., 2021 BCSC 709 – The plaintiff employee was not entitled to an…
After the Ontario Court of Appeal decision in O’Reilly v. ClearMRI Solutions Ltd. and the Ontario Divisional Court decision in Hawkes v….
In March 2021, we provided a Healthcare Update related to decisions released throughout the pandemic in the healthcare sector. The following are…
In a recent case, the Ontario Divisional Court overturned a Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal (WSIAT) decision that a constructive dismissal…
Much has been written lately about whether the courts are applying a “COVID Bump” to termination notice periods and whether lay-offs during…
In a recent Ontario case, the Court held that the IDEL Regulation does not preclude an employee from bringing a constructive dismissal…
2020 was a busy year for the Supreme Court of Canada with four important decisions that impact employment law. In January 2021,…
By now many of us have reached the saturation point for consuming legal updates about COVID-19. Today the Ontario government will be…
