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- 2024 Employment Law in Review, Part 2: The Eras Tour (Rudner Law Version)
Welcome back to our 2024 Year in Review. Part 1 of our Tour covered developments with respect to: termination clauses, wrongful dismissals, and human rights. Part 2 covers consideration in: contracts, mitigation, just cause, the impact of AI in the workplace, and key legislative updates. Our Tour’s … Read more »
- 2024 Employment Law in Review, Part 1: The Eras Tour (The Rudner Law Version)
Canada closed out 2024 by hosting the last shows of the Eras Tour, Taylor Swift’s record-breaking show. But what does Swift and the Eras Tour have to do with employment law? If you’ve read our blog, you already know that there is a thematic overlap. Swift’s music resonates with people for how it get … Read more »
- No Formula for Common Law Entitlements
There is a fairly widespread myth that dismissed employees are entitled to one month of notice per each year of service. However, there is no formula for calculating common law entitlements, and the length of reasonable notice that an employee is entitled to depends on many different factors, not ju … Read more »
- Legislative Update: Upcoming Changes to the ESA and the OHSA Effective July 1, 2025
In our last update, we outlined the details of the new job posting requirements introduced in Bill 149 (the Working for Workers Four Act, 2024) and Bill 190 (the Working for Workers Five Act, 2024), which will take effect on January 1, 2026. In addition to the job posting requirements, the Ontario … Read more »
- Legislative Update: New Job Posting Requirements Will Take Effect January 1, 2026
Both Bill 149 (the Working for Workers Four Act, 2024) and Bill 190 (the Working for Workers Five Act, 2024) received Royal Assent and became law earlier this year. These two statutes introduced a number of changes to the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (the “ESA“) and to the Occupational Health and … Read more »