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Employers and employees, please take note: Overtime entitlement may take you by surprise.  Two interesting cases put the issue of time “on the clock”. In both these cases, the employees had waited for a significant period of time – well after the two-year limitation period – before bringing their case to court. In both cases, they … Read more

Call us for a FREE 30 minute phone consultation at 416-907-9249 or submit a callback request   Humiliating, Degrading, and Setting-Up-An-Employee-To-Fail is Not the Way to Terminate A 25-year employee of a corporation ought to have earned some respect, some benefit, some acknowledgement for length of service, for commitment, and for doing a good job … Read more

Call us for a FREE 30 minute phone consultation at 416-907-9249 or submit a callback request Howard v. Benson Group Inc., 2016 ONCA 256  Fixed term contracts of employment, ie contracts for a specified period of time such as six months, are one of the most common forms of employment relationships. With the decline of … Read more

Call us for a FREE 30 minute phone consultation at 416-907-9249 or submit a callback request Garreton v Complete Innovation: Determination of Enforceability of an Employment Agreement They say time changes everything. Well, according to Garreton v Complete Innovation (2016 ONSC 1178) time ought not to change the enforceability of a termination provision – a … Read more

Call us for a FREE 30 minute phone consultation at 416-907-9249 or submit a callback request Ziten v Sadie Moranis Realty Corporation  Constructive dismissal occurs when an employer makes a unilateral change to a fundamentally important term of an employment contract, and can be a daunting situation for employees who must decide how they will … Read more

Call us for a FREE 30 minute phone consultation at 416-907-9249 or submit a callback request   The Ghomeshi Verdict and Sexual Violence and Harassment in the Workplace and on Campus In light of the recent verdict in the Jian Ghomeshi case and other high profile allegations of sexual harassment or violence in the workplace, … Read more

Call us for a FREE 30 minute phone consultation at 416-907-9249 or submit a callback request   Gagnon & Associates Inc. v. Jesso  There are many decisions that discuss an employer’s obligation to give notice to a dismissed employee. Gagnon & Associates Inc. v. Jesso (2016 ONSC 209) is a relatively rare case about an … Read more

Call us for a FREE 30 minute phone consultation at 416-907-9249 or submit a callback request Evans v. Avalon Ford Sales In accordance with the decision in Bhasin v. Hrynew, 2014 SCC 71, [2014] 3 S.C.R. 494, parties to a contract are under a duty to act honestly in the performance of their contractual obligations. … Read more

Call us for a FREE 30 minute phone consultation at 416-907-9249 or submit a callback request Volchoff v. Wright Auto Sales Inc. At what point does alcohol consumption during a lunch break become cause to dismiss an employee, and what is the effect, if any, of an employer telling an employee that they are subject … Read more