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This case is the first Court of Appeal decision to confirm that an employee's refusal to comply with a COVID-19 vaccination policy may give rise to a frustration of contract. [...]

On 21 March 2024, the Ontario Government passed the Working for Workers Four Act, 2023 ('Working for Workers Four'), bringing with it important legislative changes to the Employment Standards Act, [...]

Bottom Line On 1 April 2024, more than five years after receiving Royal Assent, the Ontario Government's Comprehensive Ontario Police Services Act, 2019 ('COPS') will come into force. This includes [...]

Bottom Line Federally regulated employers with 10 or more employees have a critical deadline approaching on September 3, 2024 to post their pay equity plans and communicate any resulting pay [...]

Bottom Line: Evaluate the Terms of Your Relationships as Your Business Expands Social media influencers embarking on the journey of growing their own businesses often face two pivotal challenges: (i) [...]

Bottom Line Regulatory bodies oversee certain professional workers, including teachers, accountants, and many health professionals. These regulatory bodies often impose standards of conduct on their members, the violation of which [...]

On February 23, 2024, the Ontario government announced that it had repealed Bill 124, Protecting a Sustainable Public Sector for Future Generations Act, 2019 , via an Order in Council. [...]

Bottom Line Since 1 December 2022, new provisions of the Canada Labour Code (CLC) have required federally regulated employers to provide their employees with up to 10 days of annual [...]

Bottom Line Effective 1 February 2024, federally regulated employers who dismiss an employee without cause must give the employee notice in writing of the termination of their employment, pay in [...]

A recent decision of the Supreme Court of Canada has effectively confirmed that the definition of 'employer' under Ontario's Occupational Health and Safety Act ('OHSA') includes project stakeholders, even if [...]

Bottom Line In a decision dated 16 February 2024, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice struck down a termination provision that stated the employer could terminate an employee's employment in [...]

Bottom Line On 30 May 2023, Canada's Competition Bureau released its Enforcement Guidelines (the 'Guidelines') on the Federal Government's recent amendments to the Competition Act which, commencing on 23 June [...]

Bottom Line In Ottawa Catholic School Board v. Ontario Public Service Employees Union, Local 423, 2023 CanLII 33027 (ON LA), Arbitrator Parmar determined that an employer (the 'School Board') did [...]

Bottom Line In Pham v Qualified Metal Fabricators Ltd, 2023 ONCA 255, the Court of Appeal reached two conclusions that are relevant to Ontario employers: (1) the lay-off of some [...]

Bottom Line A Kitchener-based manufacturing company and its CEO were recently convicted of offences under Ontario's Occupational Health and Safety Act ('OHSA') after they failed to ensure that machines being [...]

1. INTRODUCTION We all recognise that the benefits for businesses and customers when companies decide to expand. Those involved in international expansion quickly recognise, however, that multi-jurisdictional legal requirements are [...]

In a recent trilogy of decisions, the Ontario Court of Appeal held that organizations do not breach the tort of intrusion upon seclusion where they have been subject to a [...]

Bottom Line Remote work is continuing its prevalence and, in some sectors, has become a key feature and employee expectation. With this ongoing development, some employers are actively considering recruiting [...]

Bottom Line In a first across Canada, the British Columbia Supreme Court (the 'Court') has held that an employee was not constructively dismissed when she was placed on an unpaid [...]

In a recent decision, the Ontario Superior Court ('ONSC') upheld the 'for cause' termination of a fiduciary employee with no prior disciplinary record and 17 years of service who engaged [...]

In addition to provincial vaccination policy mandates issued for specific high-risk settings (see our earlier update on this topic here), on 24 August 2021, the Ontario Government amended O. Reg [...]

Employers can find themselves defending claims from the same aggrieved worker in multiple legal proceedings as a result of a new Divisional Court decision. In a previous insight, we shared [...]

I. GENERAL OVERVIEW 1. Introduction In Canada, the power to make laws is divided between the federal and provincial governments. Generally, for historic, constitutional reasons, provinces have jurisdiction over most [...]

Employers who have a payroll of 2.5 million dollars anywhere in the world will now have to provide their qualifying Ontario employees with statutory severance pay upon termination of employment. [...]

With the current prevalence of remote work and the likelihood that it will continue in some sectors even after the COVID-19 pandemic has run its course, some employers are actively [...]

In a recent 'win' for employers, and a decision that is the 'first of its kind', a court in British Columbia deducted Canada Emergency Response Benefit ('CERB') payments from wrongful [...]

In a recent recent decision, an Ontario Arbitrator upheld an employer's compulsory rapid testing protocol. The Union's grievance, which alleged that the testing protocol was unreasonable, was dismissed. Filion Wakely [...]

2019 OCT 15 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at World Disease Weekly -- Data detailed on Cerebrovascular Diseases and Conditions - Stroke have been presented. According to [...]

2016 JUN 3 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Science Letter -- Investigators discuss new findings in Marine Geology. According to news reporting originating in Venice, Italy, [...]

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Clinical Oncology Week -- Researchers detail new data in Oncology. According to news reporting out of Pavia, Italy, by NewsRx editors, research stated, [...]