In a recently released decision, the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal was tasked with determining whether or not an employer, the Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority Inc., had just cause to terminate an employee by the name of Mr. Thomas. In answering this question, the...
We often think of an employee’s old age as being a very commanding consideration in the determination of reasonable notice periods. After all, it is often more difficult for older employees to find new work, not to mention the stress of having to start over somewhere...
In a recent decision, the Federal Court refused to grant an interlocutory injunction against a COVID-19 vaccination policy. The Applicants seeking the injunction were employees of the Government of Canada who refused to be vaccinated for a multiplicity of reasons. In...
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...
