unpaid overtime

Starbucks avoids paying employees for every second worked in California… for now. Do Ontario employers have the same ability?

July 23, 2018 Piccolo Heath LLP Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, Human Resources, Payroll, Wages and Compensation

Employers in Ontario ought to be wary of asking employees to perform any work without pay. Otherwise, they may find themselves on the wrong end of a lawsuit and in violation of Ontario employment laws.

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Three popular articles this week on HRinfodesk

June 8, 2017 Cristina Lavecchia Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources, Notice, Damages and Settlements, Payroll, Pensions and Benefits, Recruiting and Hiring, Source Deductions and Reporting, Union Relations, Wages and Compensation

The three popular articles this week on HRinfodesk deal with: Ontario Employment Standards Act reforms underway; employees awarded $15,000 each in moral damages against employer; and upcoming employment and labour law changes in Alberta.

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Overtime pay and the cost of non-compliance: Three misconceptions about overtime pay in Canada

January 5, 2016 Employer Advisor, McCarthy Tétrault LLP Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, Human Resources, Payroll, Union Relations, Wages and Compensation

If you’re like most Canadian employers, it is likely you have not looked deeply into your overtime pay obligations.

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Overtime class action certification order slammed by Court of Appeal

July 4, 2012 Christina Catenacci Employment/Labour Standards, Human Resources, Payroll, Wages and Compensation

Ontario’s Court of Appeal has just decided that the overtime pay claims of a group of front-line supervisors at Canadian National Railway lacked commonality; hence, overturning a lower court decision that had certified a “misclassification” overtime class action against CN. The supervisors claim CN excluded them from overtime pay by calling them “managers” when they were not.

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CIBC investment advisors unpaid overtime class action not appropriate for certification

May 8, 2012 Christina Catenacci Employment/Labour Standards, Human Resources, Payroll, Wages and Compensation

Another group of CIBC employees wanted to certify a proposed class action involving unpaid overtime, where the employees alleged that CIBC classified them wrongly as ineligible for overtime pay. The Ontario Superior Court of Justice decided that this action was not suitable for certification as a class action because there was no commonality between class members (it could not be decided on a common basis).

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