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This time last year, comedian Louis CK’s career was on top of the world. He had several television production deals in the works, his live appearances could sell out practically any venue, and he was beginning to take on dramatic film work as well. Then, as the #metoo movement began to gain steam, CK admitted to the truth of numerous accuser’s stories – that he had committed numerous acts of sexual misconduct and indecent exposure. CK’s career success came to an instant halt.

Since the Ghomeshi scandal a few years back, our office has seen the number of sexual harassment cases increase substantially. That number has only risen since Harvey Weinstein and the #MeToo movement that followed it.

The #metoo movement should not change employers’ response to allegations of harassment: investigate before penalizing.

We have done our best to identify the developments in 2017 that we think had, or will have, the most significant impact upon Canadian employment law. They are reviewed below, and as usual, we refuse to be limited to a “top 10” format.

In one of my Canadian HR Law Blog post, I discussed the myriad of issues that can arise in the…

Earlier this month, we wrote a blog post on the Weinstein scandal and sexual harassment. In that blog post, Stuart…

My social media feed has been filled with stories about Harvey Weinstein and the sexual harassment and assault that has…

As my recent Canadian HR Law blog post outlines, in September of last year, Bill 132 came into force in…