As Canadians slowly emerge from the COVID-19 cocoon we’ve been living in over the past 18 months, one thing has become clear — for most of those who have been working from home through the pandemic, the prospect of going back to the workplace full time is something to which they are not looking forward.
An articling student whom a Vancouver criminal law firm fired for alleged trespassing, breach of contract and questionable blog postings has seen her award for damages more than tripled after the Court of Appeal for British Columbia ruled the lower court judge erred in not awarding damages for her lost opportunity to become a lawyer.
Employment lawyer Stuart Rudner, author of You're Fired! Just Cause for Dismissal in Canada, says in assessing whether there is just cause for dismissal, the misconduct in question is not the only thing to be considered.
“Many employers make the mistake of taking the position that they have just cause for dismissal, but wait for a convenient time before executing,” says employment lawyer Stuart Rudner, author of You're Fired! Just Cause for Dismissal in Canada.
The Divisional Court’s decision in Bombardier doesn’t reflect a change in law, but it is important in that it’s “a great reminder,” says Stuart Rudner of employment and labour firm Rudner Law in Toronto. “Just because something’s not signed and…
In Ontario, Bill 14, the Personal Information Protection Act was introduced and passed second reading in 2018, but it died on the order paper with the change in government. With more Conservative governments across Canada, which are employer-protective, it is…
Ontario’s Bill 148 contains controversial provisions viewed as negative for many employers. “Most of the changes are intended to protect lower-level workers by increasing minimum wage, sick days and vacation,” says Stuart Rudner, [founder of at Rudner Law]. “But they…
