A recent decision by the Ontario Court of Appeal majorly shifts the employment law landscape relating to the enforceability of termination provisions in employment…
SUMMARY James Anthony Manastersky (hereinafter “Mr. Manastersky”) was employed with RBC Dominion Securities, in its RBC Capital Partners Unit (hereinafter “RBC”) as a director…
SUMMARY Michael Dawe (“Mr. Dawe”) was employed with the Equitable Life Insurance Company of Canada (“Equitable Life”) as a Senior Vice President. After being…
In Hampton Securities Limited v. Dean 2018 ONSC 101, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice made the unusual decision to award an employee punitive and defamatory…
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice recently applied the doctrine of unconscionability to a full and final release signed by a terminated and disabled…
Long-term disability coverage hinges on several important factors, two of them being (a) whether or not the claim originated while the claimant was employed…
Employer’s vicarious liability is an established doctrine in the common law that attributes liability to employers for the negligence of their workers. If an…
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice Decision in Skov v. G&K Services Canada Inc., 2017 ONSC 6752 BACKGROUND The plaintiff, Kevin Skov (the “Plaintiff”) began…