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Saturday, 7 September 2013
Co-op Student Owed Wages Despite Agreement
Saturday, 24 August 2013
Like a Boss: the Managerial Exception to Overtime Pay under the Ontario Employment Standards Act
Saturday, 17 August 2013
Nanny's Failure to Supervise Children Not Just Cause for Termination of Employment
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In a case sure to surprise some working parents, an Ontario Deputy Judge has ruled that the failure of a nanny to supervise a two-year-old child and a four-and-one-half year old child was not just cause for dismissal.
The case was argued in the Ontario Small Claims Court, with the threshold issue being whether the employer parents had just cause for dismissal. In finding that the parents did not have just cause, Deputy Judge Z. Jack C. Prattas held that there was conflicting evidence on the critical point of whether the children were being properly supervised. Deputy Judge Prattas's reasons for decision can be found on CanLII at: Pascua v Khul-Schachter, 2013 CanLII 47860.
Wednesday, 7 August 2013
What is a Poisoned Workplace?
Sunday, 28 July 2013
Intention Not a Requirement for Discrimination
As recently affirmed by the Court of Appeal for Ontario in the case of Peel Law Association v. Pieters, 2013 ONCA 396, the answer is no.