Reviewing Ontario’s Workplace Violence and Harassment Law
In this article, Andy Pushalik reviews employer’s duties as they relate to workplace violence and harassment in Ontario. On June […]
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Wither ‘Big Brother’? B.C. Privacy Commissioner Reins-in Government of British Columbia Criminal Record Checks
In keeping with her stance on overly-invasive employee background checks, British Columbia’s Information and Privacy Commissioner, Elizabeth Denham, has issued […]
“The Next Element to Attack is Fire”: Employee Properly Dismissed for Threatening / Intimidating Statement
This article originally appeared on www.occupationalhealthandsafetylaw.com. An Ontario arbitrator has upheld the discharge of a “modern day prophet” who stated, “the […]
Employer’s Response to ESA Claim Cannot Form Basis for Defamation Action: Ontario Court
Employers faced with an Employment Standards Act complaint may air the employee’s dirty laundry, so to speak, in that proceeding […]
The Sweet Smell of Human Rights: Tribunal finds Employee Not Discriminated Against Due to Scent Sensitivities
The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has ruled that an employee with a hypersensitivity to certain scents did not experience […]
Termination For Cause: Another Case of “Employer Beware”
A termination for good business reasons does not always equate to a termination for just cause. In the recent decision of […]
Division of Pensions on Marriage Breakdown: New Rules
Significant changes came into effect on January 1, 2012, regarding the treatment of pension benefits of Ontario members who go […]
Arbitrator Reinstates Sleepy Security Guard
An employer’s ambiguous disciplinary policy and lenient past disciplinary practice has caused it to lose an otherwise strong just cause […]
Pension Benefit Statements: New Rules
Recent Ontario pension reforms have created additional disclosure statement obligations that administrators should consider when they work with their third-party […]
Boss’s “Stern Talk”, “No Nonsense” Style did Not Cause Constructive Dismissal
An Ontario judge has decided that an employee who resigned due to her boss’s stern talk and businesslike management style […]
New Expanded Rights of Pension Plan Members Regarding Advisory Committees
Ontario pension law has always permitted active members, deferred vested members and retired members of a pension plan to establish […]
Superintendent’s Power to Order a Pension Plan to be Wound Up: New Rules
Effective July 1, 2012, the Ontario Superintendent of Financial Services’ powers to order the wind-up of a pension plan has […]