Information About Employment & Human Rights Law in Canada

Most conversations about AI at work focus on which tools to adopt and what policies to put in place. Those things matter, but they are not actually where the hard work happens. The harder work is getting your team into the right headspace to engage with change in the first place, and that is a cultu … Read more »

Ontario’s introduction of long-term illness leave (“LTI Leave”) significantly expands statutory leave entitlements. While the statutory framework appears straightforward, the real legal risk lies in how it intersects with human rights accommodation obligations. The Statutory Framework Effective June … Read more »

AI is a useful tool for managing people in the workplace. It can track performance trends, flag patterns in attendance or productivity, and surface data that would have taken a manager hours to pull together. Used well, it makes day-to-day management faster and more informed. The problem is not the … Read more »

When an employee asks for time off for medical reasons, employers often aren’t sure how much medical detail they’re allowed to ask for, or what their obligations are to accommodate the employee. A recent decision from the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO) helps clarify this. It shows that vagu … Read more »

More Canadians over the age of 65 are continuing to work, whether full time, part time, or through multiple jobs. For employers, this is no longer a temporary trend. It is a workforce shift that is reshaping hiring, workplace policies, accommodations, benefits, and long-term planning.Statistics Cana … Read more »