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- When Averaging Is Not Enough: Ontario Court Rejects Three-Year Bonus Average in Favour of a Comparator Approach
Special thanks to our articling student Rana Aly for contributing to this update.Key TakeawaysEmployers often assume that bonus damages in a wrongful dismissal claim will be calculated by averaging the employee’s last three years of compensation. A recent Ontario Superior Court decision confirms tha … Read more »
- Now available – The Global Employer: Focus on Global Immigration & Mobility Handbook 2026
We are thrilled to announce that the latest edition of The Global Employer: Focus on Global Immigration & Mobility is now available! This handy, online reference guide is provided complimentary to our client HR and legal teams and includes: An overview of key global immigration and mobility issues t … Read more »
- Common Pitfalls When Performing Occupational Health and Safety Workplace Incident Investigations
From ergonomic complaints to fatalities, workplaces inevitably face accidents and other safety incidents. Employers rely on effective investigations to respond to these incidents. Occupational health and safety legislation often also requires employers to investigate, either explicitly or implicitly … Read more »
- From Badges to Biometrics: What Employers Need to Know About Employee Monitoring in Canada and the US (Video Chat)
Employee monitoring tools — badge and access logs, video surveillance, productivity and activity tracking, and even biometrics — can strengthen security and operations, but they also create real privacy, employment, and (in some cases) criminal-law risk. In this installment of Baker McKenzie’s In Fo … Read more »
- Modernizing Quebec’s Occupational Health and Safety Regime: Key Employer Obligations in 2026
Special thanks to our articling student Rana Aly for contributing to this update.Quebec’s multi‑year modernization of its occupational health and safety (OHS) system reached full implementation in late 2025. There are permanent prevention and participation mechanisms under the Act to Modernize the O … Read more »