In the event of a termination without cause, employees are generally entitled to a reasonable notice period. The purpose, of course, is to provide dismissed employees with an opportunity to find alternative suitable employment. At common law, reasonable notice periods...
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...
A recent decision of the Ontario Superior Court, Campbell-Givons v. Humber River Hospital, like many others over the past year, involved an employee who had been fired pursuant to a “just cause” termination provision. As we have seen, employment contracts that allow...
In Canadian employment law, not all employees or dependent contractors are alike. Some, by virtue of their high position with the employer’s organizational hierarchy, are a type of employee that owe greater obligations to their employer than other employees....
The Canadian Industrial Relations Board has released new decisions concerning the “managerial exception” found in section 167(3) of the Canada Labour Code – a provision which excludes “Managers” from the Code’s unjust dismissal regime. This decision follows the...
