In the world of employment law, terminations tend to steal the spotlight. But what about when the employee is the one ending the employment relationship? Here is an overview of the law of resigna...
https://www.canadaemploymenthumanrightslaw.com/2024/04/employee-resignations-the-basics/
Employers often wonder how to handle requests for leaves of absence from employees. This requires understanding the various options available depending on the terms of employment and benefit plan...
In many industries right now, businesses are fighting not just for clients, customers, and market share but to attract and retain good talent. If you’ve managed to recruit an employee from a co...
Complaints of harassment in the workplace continue to flourish across all industries. But what counts as “workplace harassment” and what are an employer’s obligations? This post will set ou...
https://www.canadaemploymenthumanrightslaw.com/2024/04/employment-law-101-workplace-harassment/
Attention employers and job seekers! As a result of some incoming changes to the Employment Standards Act, job postings are about to look different! Ontario’s Working For Workers Four Act recei...
Mitigation issues can save an employer months of termination pay and/or gut your termination case, depending on whether you are the employer or employee in a dispute. But what exactly is mitigati...
https://www.canadaemploymenthumanrightslaw.com/2024/03/employment-law-101-mitigation/
Employers have another reason to worry about their termination clauses. Following the case of Waksdale v Swegon North America Inc., 2020 ONCA 391, Ontario courts have placed increased scrutiny ...
https://www.canadaemploymenthumanrightslaw.com/2024/03/another-termination-clause-bites-the-dust/
The dust has settled post-pandemic and employees are out of sorts. Turnover is high across all industries as people regroup and sort through what they want out of their careers. We regularly hear...
https://www.canadaemploymenthumanrightslaw.com/2024/03/exiting-employees-on-a-disability-leave/
Nobody wants to receive a paycheque that’s smaller than they were expecting, but sometimes, wage deductions are necessary. So, when can an employer make deductions from an employee’s wages? I...
https://www.canadaemploymenthumanrightslaw.com/2024/02/wage-deductions-ontario-law-explained/
As lawyers who practice for both employers and employees, we know that terminations are rarely pleasant for anyone involved. After all, as the Courts have acknowledged, employment is an essential...
https://www.canadaemploymenthumanrightslaw.com/2024/02/the-formula-and-art-of-termination-letters/