Labour Pains

(c) istock/seriga On April 1, 2012, I published my first post to what was then called “Sean Bawden’s Law Blog for Suddenly Unemployed.” ...

If you are an employer and you are looking to hire one or more new employees for your company, let me explain to you why you should hire ...

New Year’s Eve is a time of resolution making. Most people take this time to reflect on the year past and look ahead to what they wish to...

Will the recently proposed changes to the Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act finally bring about the workplace violence and hara...

From time-to-time a decision will come along that will leave me not only confused, but frustrated. Wyllie v Larche , 2015 ONSC 4747 is o...

There is more to employment law in Ontario than just the Employment Standards Act, 2000 . While this point should be obvious, a recent ar...

In a landmark decision, the Federal Court of Appeal has said that terminations without cause are not automatically “unjust” as defined by...

A lot has already been said about Target’s abrupt decision to close all of its Canadian stores; but one story has dominated headlines more...

Is the limit on the receipt of WSIB loss of earnings benefits unconstitutional because is discriminates on the basis of age? According to...

Is a group policy of insurance a “business agreement” for the purpose of ss. 22(5) and (6) of the Limitations Act, 2002 ? In a reversing ...

Can posts to one’s Facebook profile about a co-worker be grounds for “just cause” for dismissal? In yet another case from the labour worl...

Can publicly announcing one’s intention to retire from employment serve to reduce an employee’s entitlement to wrongful dismissal damages...

Did the Federal Court’s decision in Atomic Energy of Canada Limited v Wilson , 2013 FC 733 put an end to federally regulated employees’ ...

For years this blog has taken the position that if a termination provision in an employment contract does not technically violate the pro...

For those who feel like their workplaces are already too much like a prison, May 20, 2015, will not be a happy day. For on that day the w...

On November 20, 2014, unpaid interns in Ontario gained a modicum of protection under some of Ontario’s employment laws. No, the governmen...

"Will litigate for food?" Earlier this month a community legal clinic in Oshawa drew fire after it advertised a 10-month unpaid...

To what extent must an employer investigate allegations of sexual harassment? This question comes to the fore as a result of a recent epi...

A recent decision from the Supreme Court of Canada, in which leave to appeal a decision from the Court of Appeal of Alberta, Beaulieu v U...

Is overstating one’s credentials as a salesperson and then failing to complete a single sale of the employer’s wares within 40 days of co...