Readers of this blog may recall reading in 2014 about the Ontario Divisional Court upholding the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal’s order for 10 years of back pay and employee reinstatement. The decision was reached in the case of Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board v. Fair and can be read about in
Read More →Join Dentons’ global Employment and Labour practice group for a unique, multi-country panel discussion examining critical employment issues that multinational employers face. The event will be held in person in our New York office and broadcast via webinar.
Agenda and speakers
Panels moderated by global practice leader Brian Cousin
Wednesday, June 29, 2016
3:45
If your job description includes responsibility for communicating pensions and benefits to fellow employees, then you must already know that with each new communication comes increased potential legal liability for your organization. However, unlike the production of a defective widget, where each new sale increases potential liability by one, each
Read More →Dentons will be providing a complimentary half-day employment law seminar in Toronto on Friday, June 10th. You are welcome to join us.
Presentations at the seminar will be as follows:
When an employee’s employment is terminated without cause, the employee will typically receive some form of a termination/severance payment. All or part of this termination/severance payment may be considered a “retiring allowance” under the Income Tax Act, providing the employee with additional options in respect of the allocation of the
Read More →In a recent decision[1], the Superior Court of Quebec held that the termination of a fixed term contract of employment constitutes a breach of contract which may allow for an award of damages for “troubles and inconveniences” suffered by the employee, in addition to damages for early termination.
The
Read More →It is a relatively little-known fact to non-lawyers that just as employers are required to provide employees with reasonable notice of termination, employees are likewise required to provide employers with reasonable notice of resignation. A 2016 Ontario Superior Court of Justice case has recently confirmed same.
In the case of Gagnon
Read More →An Alberta court recently had the opportunity to consider the question of whether a termination clause was effective to take away an employee’s entitlement to pay in lieu of notice of termination in excess of the minimum set out in the Alberta Employment Standards Code (“Code”). The Plaintiff in this
Read More →The Ontario Ministry of Labour recently announced its 2016 and 2017 enforcement blitz and initiative schedule. In an effort to emphasize the importance of protecting workers’ rights and ensuring employer compliance with both the Occupational Health and Safety Act (the “OHSA”) and the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (the “ESA”), the
Read More →Media coverage about the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (ORPP) has been unrelenting for the past two years. The Ontario government has made many announcements setting out its vision for its new, government-run defined benefit pension plan for Ontario employees which will be similar to the Canada Pension Plan (CPP).
Are you
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