Labour & Employment Law Blog

Can repeated subtle acts of harassment over time still be considered workplace harassment? Yes. In fact, in our experience as employment lawyers, a pattern…

Have you ever been asked to sign a settlement agreement? Do you know what types of documents are used in settlement agreements and how…

Accommodation is an important issue when it comes to employment law. There are certain prohibited grounds of discrimination under Ontario’s Human Rights Code, 1990 (“Code”) The Code requires…

Both employers and employees often have questions about how discipline should be used in Ontario workplaces. They want to know what should happen when…

When an employee is terminated without cause, the employee is owed notice of the upcoming termination or pay in lieu of that notice, or…

To remind our readers, in certain circumstances, an employer has the right to dismiss an employee for cause based on serious acts of misconduct…

The inclusion of a bonus may drastically increase the amount owed over the course of a notice period upon dismissal. This blog seeks to…

The duty to mitigate often comes as a surprise to many Ontario employees. This blog seeks to provide some basic answers with respect to…

An employee will be discriminated against by their employer in the workplace when they are treated unfairly because they have certain family caregiving responsibilities…

Every employee in Ontario who commutes into a workplace will sometimes have issues relating to bad weather particularly in Ontario’s winter months. For example,…

Resignation is a common way that the employment relationship ends between an employer and employee. However, despite its frequency, the act of resignation carries…

The aim of this blog is to delve into the topic of non-compete clauses in employment law. A non-compete clause or non-compete agreement exists…