An arbitration decision released January 12, 2022 has joined the persistently growing list of decisions upholding COVID-19 vaccination mandates, as well as the discipline contemplated for those employees who fail to meet the mandate’s requirements. In Teamsters Local...
Throughout the previous year, we have seen many workplaces adopt controversial COVID-19 vaccine mandates. To some, it is a necessary measure to protect the workforce and the Canadian public at large. To others, it is a violation of bodily autonomy and human rights....
In a recent decision of the Ontario Superior Court, popular personal injury law firm Sokoloff Lawyers won an injunction against six former employees who had been working out of the firm’s Brampton office. Notably, Savannah Chorney, the leading lawyer at the Brampton...
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...
