When an employee takes a leave of absence, employers will often ask that they return company property until they can come back to work. This was the basis of the plaintiff’s constructive [...]

Three recent decisions have reconfirmed the factors courts will consider in calculating reasonable notice awards, including which “exceptional circumstances” will increase the presumptive [...]

An Ontario employer has been fined $125,000 under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (“OHSA”) after it was convicted of failing to isolate workers following a COVID-19 outbreak. The marks the [...]

CAREER CHANGE PURSUIT AND FOREWARNING OF TERMINATION REDUCED EMPLOYEE’S NOTICE PERIOD BY 9 MONTHS In the decision of Patel v Crimp Circuit [Patel], in which Williams HR Law’s Joel Smith [...]

An Ontario arbitrator recently found that an employee was entitled to an exemption from her employer’s mandatory vaccination requirement due to her creed, despite the questionable sincerity of [...]

In the decision of FCA Canada Inc v Unifor, Locals 195, 444, 1285, 2022 [FCA Canada], Arbitrator Nairn held that the employer’s mandatory two-dose COVID-19 vaccination policy (the “Policy”) was [...]

Overview The second annual Stop Cyber Bullying in Ontario Day will be held on Friday, June 17, 2022. The Ontario provincial government enacted the Stop Cyberbullying in Ontario Day Act, 2020 [...]

In the highly anticipated decision of Rahman v Cannon Design Architecture Inc. [Rahman], the Ontario Court of Appeal (“ONCA”) held that where a termination clause violates the Employment [...]

In November 2021, the Ontario government passed the Working for Workers Act, 2021 [WFWA 2021] and significantly changed the province’s employment standards framework. The WFWA 2021 amendments to [...]

In the recent decision of Gracias v. Dr. David Walt Dentistry [Gracias], the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (“ONSC”) held that Canada Emergency Response Benefit (“CERB”) payments should not be [...]