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Highlights of Budget 2017 from a Labour and Employment Perspective

March 24, 2017

The federal budget tabled in the House of Commons on March 22, 2017, contains a number of measures that will…

Protecting your right to impose temporary layoffs

March 23, 2017

When it comes to downsizing, restructuring, or otherwise cost-cutting, employers may consider temporary or permanent layoffs. While temporary layoffs can…

Ontario Court of Appeal confirms when benefit entitlement claim will be arbitrable

March 14, 2017

In its recent decision (February 27, 2017) in Barber v. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company (Manulife Financial), the Ontario Court…

Ambiguities in employment contracts continue to trip-up employers - Ontario Court of Appeal refuses to enforce termination clause and awards common law reasonable notice

March 10, 2017

A recent decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal drives home the importance of clear and unambiguous language in employment…

Top Employment Law Cases of 2016

February 2, 2017

Regular readers of our Focus Alerts will likely recognize some of the cases we have chosen as the Top Employment…

Workplace Violence – Requirements and recent developments

December 19, 2016

Ontario’s Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) was amended in June 2010, by Bill 168, to include new requirements for…

Supreme Court of Canada upholds protection for solicitor-client privilege – statutory intrusions must be “clear and unambiguous”

December 15, 2016

In a surprising decision, a majority of the Supreme Court of Canada held that solicitor-client privilege may only be set-aside…

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Highlights of Budget 2017 from a Labour and Employment Perspective

Protecting your right to impose temporary layoffs

Ontario Court of Appeal confirms when benefit entitlement claim will be arbitrable

Ambiguities in employment contracts continue to trip-up employers - Ontario Court of Appeal refuses to enforce termination clause and awards common law reasonable notice

Top Employment Law Cases of 2016

Workplace Violence – Requirements and recent developments

Supreme Court of Canada upholds protection for solicitor-client privilege – statutory intrusions must be “clear and unambiguous”

Competent persons under the Canada Labour Code – employees must agree to impartiality

Québec Superior Court finds breach of OHSA can support committal to trial on manslaughter charge under Criminal Code

Emond Harnden’s Submissions on the Changing Workplaces Review Special Advisors’ Interim Report

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