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‘Ancient right’ of employers to sue survives despite no-fault regime
April 1, 1998
Two recent decisions of Ontario courts have made it clear that, while under the province’s no-fault auto insurance scheme a person injured in a car
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Court of Appeal says employee who refused transfer was constructively dismissed
April 1, 1998
Readers of FOCUS will be aware that it is fairly easy for otherwise reasonable and defensible management decisions to provide the grounds for a claim
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Leisureworld appeal dismissed
April 1, 1998
In a decision dated December 1, 1997, the Ontario Court of Appeal dismissed the union’s appeal in S.E.I.U. v. Leisureworld Nursing Homes, reported in the
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Stolze temporary layoff ruling reversed
April 1, 1998
The Ontario Court of Appeal has overturned the decision, reported in the September 1996 issue of FOCUS (see “Courts split on temporary layoffs of non-union
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Overreaction to single act of insubordination costs employer 24 months’ notice
April 1, 1998
Employers in unionized settings are generally familiar with the principle of progressive discipline, the purpose of which is to give employees the opportunity to ‘learn
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Amendments to Canada Labour Code re-introduced
January 1, 1998
On November 6, 1997, the federal government re-introduced amendments to Part I of the Canada Labour Code, which deals with Industrial Relations. The amendments in
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