Ontario employment law

Top five cases of importance to Ontario employment law – 2018 edition

January 7, 2019 Sean Bawden Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, Health and Safety, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources, Human Rights, Notice, Damages and Settlements, Payroll, Recruiting and Hiring

2018 has been, compared to some other years, relatively quiet with respect to employment law jurisprudence. Sometimes that can be a good thing.

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Ontario employment law update: Mid-year report

July 4, 2018 Doug MacLeod, MacLeod Law Firm Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, Health and Safety, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources, Human Rights, Notice, Damages and Settlements, Payroll

Much has changed in recent weeks. The Liberal party has been replaced by the PC party as the governing party in Ontario, recreational-use cannabis will become legal on October 17, 2018, more employment standards inspectors have been hired and trained and are now conducting workplace inspections to ensure that employers are complying with Ontario’s Employment Standards Act, and there’s more.

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Top five cases of importance to Ontario employment law – 2017 edition

January 2, 2018 Occasional Contributors Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, Health and Safety, Human Resources, Notice, Damages and Settlements, Payroll, Penalties and Fines

2017 has been an incredibly busy year for Ontario employment law practitioners. In addition to the changes to the common law brought about by the decisions considered in this post, one would be foolish to omit any reference to the sweeping changes recently ushered in by the Wynne government as a result of the Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, 2017, S.O. 2017 C.22 (“Bill 148”).

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Changing Workplaces Review final report: Sweeping changes to Ontario employment law coming

May 25, 2017 Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, Health and Safety, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources, Payroll, Penalties and Fines, Pensions and Benefits, Recruiting and Hiring, Source Deductions and Reporting, Training and Development, Union Relations, Wages and Compensation

On May 23, 2017, the Government of Ontario released the Changing Workplaces Review final report by authors C. Michael Mitchell and John C. Murray. It contains 173 recommendations that endorse significant changes to Ontario employment law aiming to create better workplaces with decent working conditions and widespread compliance with the law. The authors consulted with […]

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