More Changes Coming to the Canada Labour Code
Just a few months ago in August we informed you that Royal Assent was granted to Bill C-44, the Budget Implementation Act, 2017, No. 1, making significant changes to the...
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Holiday Party 101
With December quickly approaching, company holiday parties are right around the corner. Here is a list of DO’S and DON’TS to help ensure that your company ends up on Santa’s...
Supreme Court Limits Opportunities to Challenge Arbitral Awards
In June 2017, the Supreme Court of Canada released a decision in Teal Cedar Products Ltd. v. British Columbia, 2017 SCC 32, which acted to further strengthen the principle of...
Employer Hit with High Damage Award due to a Failure to Provide a Reference Letter and an Onerous Non-Competition Provision
Mr. Nemirovski, a 40 year old product manager at Socast Inc. (the “Company”), was terminated without cause after 19 months of service. It took Mr. Nemirovski more than nine (9)...
WVCD Clients Successful At Supreme Court of Canada
On October 26, 2017 the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed the application for leave to appeal of the Appellant from the decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal in Chapman...
More Proposed Changes in Ontario; this time, in Human Rights
A private member has introduced a bill proposing the addition of four new protected grounds to the Ontario Human Rights Code (“Code”). As many of you know, the Code was...
Further Changes to the Ontario Employment Standards Act, 2000
As a follow-up to our June 2, 2017 alert regarding the proposed changes to the Ontario Employment Standards Act, 2000, (the “ESA”), employers should be aware that the Standing Committee...
Is a Resignation Really a Resignation?
In Carroll v. Purcee Industrial Controls Ltd, 2017 ABQB 211, the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta (the “Court”) recently decided whether requesting a severance package amounted to a resignation....
Ontario Court Recognizes New Tort of Harassment – and Employee is Awarded $141,000 in Damages
In one of the first of its kind, a recent Ontario Superior Court of Justice decision found an employer liable for the tort of harassment and awarded significant monetary damages....
Supreme Court Rules Drug-Addicted Worker Terminated for Policy Breach, not Discrimination
The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that an employee’s termination was not discriminatory despite his acknowledged drug addiction in a landmark decision involving drugs in the workplace. Ian Stewart...