So far, the courts have agreed that a temporary layoff, even under IDEL, does not mean an employee can’t file for constructive dismissal, said employment lawyer Stuart Rudner, unless the employer had workers sign an agreement to the contrary, which many did not.
Stuart Rudner, managing partner at Rudner Law, said the legal community still doesn’t have enough precedent to determine how successful these constructive dismissal/IDEL cases will be.
If your employer has given you a deadline to accept the severance agreement, employment lawyer Stuart Rudner said not to panic.
A recent ruling by an Ontario judge confirmed what some employment lawyers have been saying for more than a year — that many businesses may have actually constructively dismissed their employees when enacting temporary layoffs, putting themselves on the hook…
We’ll take you through some of your legally defined choices that may arise due to COVID-19 if you’re subjected to temporary layoff, or you’re unable to work, or your employer is restarting operations and calls you back to work. And…
Toronto employment lawyer Stuart Rudner told the Star that many businesses don’t have the right to lay their employees off, and he thinks there may be a wave of wrongful dismissal lawsuits in the coming weeks or months.
Stuart Rudner, an employment lawyer based in Toronto, explained that in Canada, employers are forbidden under the Human Rights Act to discriminate against applicants based on race, sex and disability, among other provisions.
Recently, the Public Health Agency of Canada reported that in 2018 one life was lost every two hours in relation to opioids. Most of those deaths happened in British Columbia and Ontario, but the crisis has affected every part of…
Natalie is quoted in the Toronto Star regarding employee rights to privacy regarding the hidden camera found in an exit sign at the Ontario Federation of Labour.
Stuart is quoted in a Toronto Star investigation into whether the Canadian Hockey League treats Junior players as employees, despite contrary public statements by league officials.
