I wrote a blog post this past August discussing the potential impact of Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) payments on wrongful dismissal damages. We looked specifically at the British Columbia Supreme Court’s decision in Hogan v 1187938 B.C. Ltd (“Hogan”),...
On September 7th, 2021, the Toronto Transit Commission announced its mandatory vaccination policy. According to this policy, employees or dependent contractor who have not had their COVID-19 vaccine would be placed on unpaid leave beginning November 21st. Those who...
No Injunction to Prevent Dismissal in Mandatory Vaccine Case In the first of inevitably many Ontario court proceedings concerning the implementation of mandatory COVID-19 policies in hospitals, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice dissolved an interim injunction to...
The Relevance of Employee Sophistication on the Enforceability of “Just Cause” Termination Provisions A recent decision by the Ontario Superior Court found that the relative sophistication of an employee is irrelevant in determining the enforceability of a contractual...
Commonly, our workplaces become the places where we spend most of our time. The majority of our day is spent working alongside our various co-workers. Inevitably, this time together creates bonds between you and your co-workers. Sometimes, those bonds extend further...
