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July 1, 2021

Court Rules That Employee’s CERB Payments Be Deducted from Wrongful Dismissal Award

June 24, 2021

Court of Appeal Upholds $60,000 Award in Defamation Damages After Employer Sent Out Letter Bad-Mouthing Former Employee

June 17, 2021

Court Rules That The Infectious Disease Emergency Leave Regulation Bars COVID-19 Constructive Dismissal Claims

June 10, 2021

Employee Suspended for Deliberately Coughing on Co-Worker During COVID-19 Pandemic

June 3, 2021

Court Takes Notice of COVID-19 Pandemic in Assessing Constructively Dismissed Employee’s Mitigation Efforts

May 27, 2021

No Duty to Mitigate Where Employment Contract Contains Set Termination Amount, Court Rules

May 20, 2021

Court Rules That COVID-19 Layoffs Amounted to Constructive Dismissal

May 13, 2021

Is One Incident of Sexual Harassment Enough to Justify Employee Termination?

May 6, 2021

Court Issues First Decision on the Infectious Disease Emergency Leave Regulation in COVID-19 Constructive Dismissal Case

April 29, 2021

Ontario Proposes New COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave for Employees

April 22, 2021

Quebec Becomes First Province to Mandate Vaccines & Testing for Health Workers

April 15, 2021

Ontario Launches Zero-Tolerance Workplace Safety Inspections in Response to COVID-19 Third Wave

April 8, 2021

Employer’s Apology Cannot Cure Contract Breach, Court Rules

April 1, 2021

Employer Had Duty to Accommodate Employee’s Alcoholism, Human Rights Tribunal Rules

March 25, 2021

Court Takes Judicial Notice of Pregnancy in Assessing Reasonable Notice Period

March 18, 2021

Calling Employee “Beautiful” and Telling Her to Smile More Constituted Discrimination Based on Sex, Human Rights Tribunal Rules

March 11, 2021

Confidentiality Clause Does Not Shield Employee from Answering Questions About Employer in Securities Investigation, Court Rules

March 4, 2021

Ontario Courts Address Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic and CERB Benefits on Wrongful Dismissal Claims

February 25, 2021

Nursing Home Ordered to Install Plexiglass Barrier to Protect Workers Against COVID-19

February 18, 2021

Employee Awarded Almost $1 Million by BC Human Rights Tribunal for Racial Discrimination and Retaliation