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Employers Beware: Legal Consequences of Failing to Address Workplace Harassment in Ontario

The Hidden Cost of Recruitment: How Inducement Can Increase Termination Liability

Too Late to Investigate: HRTO Finds No Duty to Investigate Former Employee’s Harassment Complaint

Short Service Employee Awarded Nine Months’ Reasonable Notice After Employer Withheld Termination Entitlements Unless Release Signed

No Changes to the Law Regarding Enforceability of Termination Clauses – The Court of Appeal Declines to Reconsider Dufault

A Win for Employers: Court Finds Termination Clause Unambiguous and Enforceable

Signing Under Pressure: Ontario Court Upholds Enforceability of a Release

Employer Investigated and Used its Policies to Dismiss for Cause

Reputation Derogation: Employer’s Defamatory Comments about Employee Attracts $100,000 in Additional Damages

Court Orders Employer to Produce Unredacted Complaints and Investigation Documents in Wrongful Dismissal Case