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Arbitrator denies teacher's sick claim based on self-reported migraine headache
May 16th, 2012

Trillium Lakelands District School Board v Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario is a labour arbitration award of interest for employers, notably those in the education sector, who face the “headache” of dubious sick leave claims. It is a decision that is not insensitive to th... Read more »

Ontario Court refuses class certification in Brown v. CIBC -- Is "fairness" the driving force?
May 16th, 2012

Maureen Quinlan recently posted on an important Ontario decision, Kafka v. Allstate Insurance Company of Canada (“Kafka”), where the court refused to certify a class action on behalf of a number of employees alleging constructive dismissal. The court refused to certify the class action i... Read more »

Canada-EU free trade to go further than NAFTA on labour mobility
May 7th, 2012

I had the pleasure of attending a lunch with the Honourable Vic Toews, Federal Minister of Public Safety, this weekend in Kelowna, British Columbia.  The speech addressed various cross-border issues, including the future of labour mobility between Canada and its major trading partners.  Du... Read more »

Long anticipated Arthurs Report is released
May 4th, 2012

The consequences of living beyond our means have been made plain to all in recent years. Notable examples include the market meltdown of 2008, the decline of the US dollar and the Euro zone crisis. Closer to home, the “unfunded liability” of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB... Read more »

No Class Action Certification for Constructive Dismissal Claims
May 3rd, 2012

Employee-driven class action claims continue to be a hot topic in Ontario.  Typically, the critical issue for class action certification in the employment-context is the “common issue” requirement – is there a common issue among the plaintiffs capable of being determined on a... Read more »

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