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By Stringer LLP | 3 Minutes Read June 13, 2017

Bad facts make bad law (for employers): Court recognizes new tort of harassment #learnthelatest

Learn the Latest at the Ontario Employment Law ConferenceThe Ontario Superior Court recently recognized a new tort that would allow employees to sue their employers for harassment in civil court. To find out more about how the new tort of harassment in the employment law context, register to Learn the Latest® at the Ontario Employment Law Conference on June 20, 2017.

Article by Stringer LLP / Administration, Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Health and Safety, Human Rights, Payroll, Union Relations / 18th Ontario Employment Law Conference, 2017 Ontario Employment Law Conference, damages, emotional distress, employment and labour law, employment law, general damages, harassment, HR conference, HR policies, HRlaw conference, Learn the latest, Merrifield v The Attorney General, Stringer LLP, tort, tort of harassment

By Devry Smith Frank LLP | 2 Minutes Read April 27, 2016

Human Rights Tribunal finds miscarriage constitutes disability

A recent interim decision of the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal addressed whether a miscarriage could constitute a disability for the purposes of human rights legislation.

Article by Devry Smith Frank LLP / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Human Rights, Payroll, Union Relations / Disability, duty to accommodate, emotional distress, employment law, human rights code, human rights legislation, human rights protections, medical condition, miscarriage, miscarriage was a disability, Ontario Human Rights Tribunal, pregnancy and maternity, sex, slip and fall accident

By Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor | < 1 Minutes Read July 7, 2010

Slaw: Court limits liability for mental suffering

In December 2008, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice awarded Marta Piresferreira, a former employee of Bell Mobility Inc., more than $500,000 in damages arising from an assault at the hands of her supervisor. The Court found the company and supervisor jointly liable for Piresferreira’s damages. Then in May of this year, the Court of Appeal reversed the lower court decision.

Article by Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor / Employment Standards / constructive dismissal, contract law, damages, emotional distress, employment contract, employment law, in the course of employment, law of tort, negligent infliction of mental suffering, ontario, Piresferreira v. Ayotte, termination, tort, wrongful dismissal

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