Under Ontario’s Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA), employers are specifically mandated to establish a program that outlines how incidents or comp...
A little over a year ago, I wrote a blog on slurs in the workplace. I encourage you to read that blog, as it provides a few different cases where an employ...
Typically, employees are not permitted to use drugs in the workplace. However, there are cases where employees will use drugs and/or alcohol in the workpla...
It is well established in Canadian law that terminating an employee because she is pregnant is discriminatory. Since only women can get pregnant, discrimin...
When misconduct occurs, you should typically investigate the incident. Investigations are often necessary in cases of serious misconduct, such as alleged w...
Contract law is based on three basic principles. To form a contract, you need (1) an offer, (2) acceptance, and (3) consideration. Without these three prin...
In Ontario, if an employer terminates an employee, they must provide the employee with notice or pay in lieu of notice and potentially severance pay (depen...
The Canada Labour Code (CLC) covers all federally regulated employees, excluding managers. The CLC has provisions on the rights of unionized employees, but...
The principle behind common law notice, or pay in lieu of notice, is that it is meant to provide enough time and/or money for an employee to find an altern...
Recently, Bill 149, also known as the Working for Workers Four Act, 2023, received royal accent, making changes to the Employment Standards Act. Therefore,...
