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- OHRT Decision that an Employer’s Requirement for Proof of Canadian Citizenship or Permanent Residency Discriminatory Reasonable Say Ontario Court of Appeal
Most of Canada is currently dealing with the effects of an unprecedented labour shortage and finding a suitable candidate is not the only potential challenge employers can face during the recruitment process. Some employers may be surprised to learn that employment obligations are created once an of … Read more »
- Court Finds Termination Clause Unenforceable Due To “Just Cause” Provision
In Tan v. Stostac Inc., 2023 ONSC 2121, the Court found that the termination clause contained in the employment agreement was unenforceable and the plaintiff employee was entitled to common law notice of his dismissal. The employee had worked for the company for almost five years before his employme … Read more »
- Ontario Labour Board Dismisses Pre-Emptive and Premature Complaint About Workplace Investigator
Among other obligations, subsection 32.0.7(1)(a) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act requires employers to ensure that: “an investigation is conducted into incidents and complaints of workplace harassment that is appropriate in the circumstances”. The Ontario Labour Relations Board has in the … Read more »
- BC Employee Learns the Hard Way there is no Free Lunch: Court Upholds General Manager Dismissal for Falsified Restaurant Expense Claims
Although perhaps counterintuitive to most people, it is an established point of Canadian employment law that employee dishonesty does not necessarily justify cause for dismissal. However, a recent decision of the Supreme Court of British Columbia provides a welcome message for employers as to when … Read more »
- Arbitrator Finds Mandatory Vaccination Policy Reasonable and Upholds Dismissal Of Unvaccinated Employees
In Lakeridge Health and CUPE, Local 6364, a matter of Policy and Individual Grievances concerning a Mandatory Vaccination Policy and Terminations, the Union grieved the Hospital’s mandatory vaccination policy and argued that certain aspects of the vaccination policy were unreasonable, including the … Read more »