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…
Labour arbitrators are increasingly willing to award monetary damages to grievors for employer breaches of the collective agreement. In the landmark case…
DOWNLOAD & SHARE The high-water mark for a damage award for injury to an employee’s dignity, feelings and respect is…
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…
In a recent decision of the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, the Tribunal affirmed an employer’s obligation to investigate informal claims of…
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…
“At the end of the day, we can endure much more than we think we can.” – Frida Kahlo As we mark…
2020 was a busy year for the Supreme Court of Canada with four important decisions that impact employment law. In January 2021,…
