An employment law blog.
Sean Bawden, Partner, Kelly Santini LLP.
sbawden@kellysantini.com | 613.238.6321
Tuesday 1 January 2013
School District Learns Lesson in Accommodation
Too Attractive for Employment
Friday 28 December 2012
Top Five Cases of Importance to Ontario Employment Lawyers
Sunday 23 December 2012
Right to a Fair Opportunity on Probation
Monday 17 December 2012
Was Clark Griswold Constructively Dismissed?
Here is a Christmas question: Was Clark Griswold constructively dismissed by his employer in National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation? Watching the movie I was struck by two things: (1) how and why did I ever find this movie funny; and (2) this is a movie about constructive dismissal!
Wednesday 5 December 2012
ONCA puts Dent in Dentist's Business
Sunday 2 December 2012
Is Having an Affair Just Cause?
Is having an affair at work "just cause" for dismissal from employment under Ontario's labour and employment laws?
The question was put to me by a colleague at the time of the David Petraeus scandal, and my initial impression was ‘likely only if precluded by an employee code of conduct, or something similar.’ The case of Reichard v. Kuntz, 2011 ONSC 7460 (CanLII), decided in December of 2011, provides some insight into the topic.