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Minken Employment Lawyers Exclusive Focus Minken Employment Lawyers provides expert legal services, both locally and abroad, on a full range of Canadian workplace issues. As a boutique firm established in 1990, we practice employment law exclusively and have over 30 years of experience in guiding bo … Read more »

In Russell v. The Brick Warehouse LP, 2021 ONSC 4822, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice awarded $25,000 in aggravated and moral damages against The Brick in a wrongful dismissal case brought by a terminated employee, due to The Brick’s lack of transparency in the termination letter. The employee … Read more »

In a recent Ontario Superior Court of Justice decision, Sunwing Airlines Inc. v. Mora, [2021] O.J 4782, an employer who terminated an employee for just cause for receiving over $500,000 in kickbacks, obtained a punitive damages award against the employee in the amount of $200,000, a costs award of $ … Read more »

In response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Ontario has extended the Infectious Disease Emergency Leave (IDEL) to January 1, 2022, which was previously expected to end on September 25, 2021. The new extension is the fourth extension of IDEL, which was first introduced in May 2020. The IDEL allows … Read more »

Ron Minken and Tanya Sambi discuss their views on mandatory vaccines in Canadian HR Reporter, September 2021: The dilemma of mandatory vaccines 5 questions on COVID-19 vaccinations in the workplace When COVID-19 vaccines started being distributed to the Canadian population, many employers were faced … Read more »