To help millions of Canadians, the Federal Government started the Canadian Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) program, which provided recipients with funding while they were unable to go back to or find new work. A portion of the CERB recipients was also terminated....
McGuinty v. 1845035 Ontario Inc. (McGuinty Funeral Home) is a case unlike many others, in the sense that it involved a particularly large award of wrongful dismissal damages: $1,274,173.83. There are not many scenarios in the context of employment law which could...
Employers should expect to provide some compensation to employees they terminate without cause. The amount of compensation depends on a number of factors, such as the nature of the employment, the availability of similar employment, the age of the employee, and the...
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...
