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Due to a new decision by the Ontario Court of Appeal (“ONCA”), it is now more likely that Ontario employees can successfully claim constructive dismissal because they were temporarily laid off [...]

In the recent decision of McGraw v Southgate (Township) [McGraw], the plaintiff was wrongfully dismissed from her employment based on unfounded, sexist allegations and gender-based [...]

On April 15, the federal government announced that it will extend the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (“CERB”) to ensure that more workers benefit, retroactive to March 15, 2020.

On January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization (“WHO”) declared the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV or “Coronavirus”) outbreak, which was first discovered in Wuhan, China, to be a “public [...]

Termination of employment can be risky for employers.

When an employee resigns, the existing employment relationship comes to an end.

On June 13, 2019, the federal government proclaimed September 1, 2019 as the coming into force date for a number of amendments to the Canada Labour Code [Code]. The amendments were enacted by two [...]

In the era of #metoo and #timesup, workplace harassment has become a hot-button issue for employers. Employees are increasingly becoming aware of their right to be free from harassment and other [...]

On May 7, 2018, the Ontario government issued a new regulation under the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (the “ESA”) that will reverse the changes made to the calculation of public holiday pay [...]

Bill 3, the Pay Transparency Act, 2018 (the “Act”), has completed the Ontario legislative process and will receive Royal Assent and become law imminently.