Labour Pains

An employment law resource.
Sean Bawden, Partner, Kelly Santini LLP.
sbawden@ottawaemploymentlaw.com | 613.238.6321

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Sunday, 23 August 2026

Employment Law IS Real

The Court of Appeal for Ontario’s decision in Baker v. Van Dolder’s Home Team Inc. , 2026 ONCA 568 makes me want to leave the practice of...

Thursday, 14 May 2026

Application Best Serves Proportionality, Efficiency, and Justice in Wrongful Dismissal Case: ONSC

Applications remain an appropriate vehicle, if not the preferred approach, for the resolution of wrongful dismissal cases. In an endorsem...

Sunday, 26 April 2026

Eyes Wide Shut – Admission of a Failure to Look for New Employment Insufficient to Prove a Failure to Mitigate

Is a dismissed employee's admission that he didn't even bother to look for new employment enough to prove that he failed to mitig...

Sunday, 21 December 2025

Termination Without Cause “At Any Time” and “For Any Reason” Legally Acceptable? Maybe.

How does a court get around the pesky “any time,” “any reason” issue and find that a contractual termination provision containing such wo...

Friday, 5 December 2025

Canadian Human Rights Commission has Primary Jurisdiction for Federal Discrimination Complaints: FCA

When an unjust dismissal complaint under the Canada Labour Code alleges discrimination, does the Canada Industrial Relations Board (the “C...

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