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- Court Clarifies Termination of Employment Contract Due to Frustration
Last year, the Ontario Divisional Court clarified an employers’ duty to accommodate employees where there is frustration of contract. In a welcome decision for employers, the court confirmed that an employer’s duty to accommodate ends when the employee is no longer able to fulfil the basic obligatio … Read more »
- The Do’s and Don’ts of Summer Office Fashion and Employee Rights
Now that more businesses are beginning to reopen after the COVID-19 lockdown, employees who have been working from home for the past three months wearing shorts and t-shirts – or maybe even pajamas – are returning back to the office. Although many employers relax their dress codes in summer a little … Read more »
- Blow to Termination Provisions in Employment Agreements
Due to a significant decision recently released by the Ontario Court of Appeal, your employment contracts will likely need to be re-drafted. In Waksdale v. Swegon North America Inc., Ontario’s highest court held that where a termination clause in a contract of employment contains even a single viola … Read more »
- Frustration of Contract “Occurs as a Matter of Law” and Does Not Require the Employer to Trigger it
In Hoekstra v. Rehability Occupational Therapy Inc., the Ontario Superior Court confirms that frustration of contract “occurs as a matter of law” and does not require an act of the employer to trigger it. Last year, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice was asked to revisit the doctrine of frustrati … Read more »
- Back to Work: Successfully Navigating Employees Back to Work – Practical and Legal Considerations
With much of Ontario now in “Stage 2” of its emergence from the COVID-19 lockdown, and Toronto Mayor John Tory optimistic that the City will follow suit, we wanted to provide an update to our May 18th blog in which we addressed some considerations for employers as they re-open their businesses and t … Read more »