PROPOSED BILL COULD ALLOW THE HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNAL OF ONTARIO TO AWARD COSTS OF PROCEEDINGS
On December 13, 2014, the Ontario Legislature carried Bill 147; An Act to amend the Human Rights Code with respect to the awarding of costs of proceedings (the ”Bill”) through first reading. The [...]
ONTARIO HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION’S NEW POLICY ON GENDER IDENTITY & GENDER EXPRESSION
This year, the Ontario Human Rights Commission released its Policy on preventing discrimination because of Gender Identity and Gender Expression (“Policy”), which is a helpful guide for employers [...]
CANADIANS PROVE HOW MUCH THEY HATE SPAM!
The CRTC recently reported that it has received a record number of 50,000+ CASL complaints in just over a month since CASL came into force. This high volume of complaints is a good indicator of [...]
THE SUPREME COURT OF CANADA FINDS MANDATORY RETIREMENT LAWFUL IN THE CONTEXT OF PROFESSIONAL PARTNERSHIPS
In the recent case of McCormick v. Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, the Supreme Court of Canada has unanimously ruled that generally speaking, an equity member of a partnership is not an “employee” [...]
ONTARIO’S NEW HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION POLICY ON MENTAL HEALTH & ADDICTIONS
The Ontario Human Rights Commission recently released its new “Policy on preventing discrimination based on mental health disabilities and addictions” (the “Policy”). The Policy is a good [...]
BILL 21 ALLOWS ONTARIO EMPLOYEES TO TAKE THREE NEW LEAVES
On October 29, 2014, Ontario’s Bill 21, the Employment Standards Amendment Act (Leaves to Help Families), 2014, will come into force, enacting three new statutory leaves for employees under the [...]
MINISTRY OF LABOUR COMPLIANCE BLITZ CHANGING EMPLOYERS’ ATTITUDES TOWARDS UNPAID INTERNSHIPS
Although the internship provision in Ontario’s Employment Standards Act (“ESA”) remains the same, the Ontario Ministry of Labour (“MOL”) has scheduled a compliance blitz from April to June 2014 [...]